Police have arrested a man for allegedly killing a 75-year-old woman at Wadala in central Mumbai, an official said on Wednesday. The 27-year-old accused, identified as Mohd Faiz Rafique Sayyad, is a resident of BPT Gate No 5 in Wadala east, he said.
He murdered the woman, Sugrabi Hussain Mulla, by hitting her head with a steel rod. The woman died on the spot, he said, adding that the accused stuffed the body in a gunny bag and threw her from the window of the house.
He also tried to destroy the evidence by setting her body on fire, the official said.
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