A 50-year-old single woman was gang-raped and murdered by three persons in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday.
The incident happened in Vemavaram village in Polavaram block. The police have detained one of the suspects and are on the hunt for the other two.
The ghastly crime close on the heels of the gang-rape and murder of a 26-year-old veterinarian in Hyderabad.
According to the police, the woman stays alone as her husband and son passed away. Her daughter-in-law stays separately.
