Woman raped, murdered; accused commits suicide in police custody in Arunachal Pradesh

A man accused of rape and murder of a 56-year-old woman in the remote district of Kurung Kumey, Arunachal Pradesh, hanged himself while in police custody on Saturday. 

According to police, Tamchi Sonar allegedly raped the woman before strangling her to death. Sonar, who was later arrested, hanged himself inside a toilet at the Sangram police station.

Sonar committed suicide when relatives of the woman were protesting outside the police station after they heard about the incident.