Ranchi, February 14 A man has been arrested for allegedly killing a mother and daughter after the woman resisted his attempt to "rape" her, in the Dumka district of Jharkhand, police said on Saturday.
The incident took place on Tuesday evening when the woman (35) was standing near Veer Kunwar Singh Chowk along with her five-year-old daughter, they said.
The accused allegedly took the woman and her daughter to a vacant house belonging to a police officer and attempted to rape her, SDPO Vijay Kumar Mahto said.
The woman was "killed after she resisted the attempt," and the minor was "strangled," he said.
"The accused was arrested on Friday. The two were killed on Tuesday night, and their bodies were recovered near the officer's house on Wednesday," Mahto said.
Police have also recovered Rs 5,000 from the accused, a resident of Gando village, which he had taken from the woman's purse after allegedly killing her.
An FIR has been registered in this regard at Sadar Police Station, and the accused has been sent to judicial custody, the SDPO said.