Deputy police superintendent K V V N V Prasad cited the preliminary probe in the case and said the woman had left her home on Tuesday night after her two daughters went to sleep. We had filed a case under [Indian Penal Code] Section 307 [attempt to murder] and 376 [rape]. After her death, we replaced Section 307 with Section 302 [murder],” Prasad said. According to NCRB data (for 2017) released in October 2019, Andhra Pradesh topped in crimes against women among south Indian states with 17,909 cases. On January 5, a 30-year old woman with Down’s Syndrome was gang-raped and murdered in Chavatapalem in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh.

Source: Hindustan Times January 23, 2020 19:18 UTC