Student from 10th grade murders aunt after she rejects inappropriate proposal: Police

The incident took place in a village near Uppinangady town in Dakshina Kannada district. According to police, a 37-year-old woman was found dead on Sunday night at her residence under suspicious circumstances. The accused minor boy, who was at her home on Sunday, allegedly made sexual advances while the woman was sleeping. The woman, who was his maternal aunt, resisted and scolded him, and also asked him to behave properly.

Confessing his crime, the accused told the police that, fearing the woman would tell others about his act, he smothered her to death using a pillow after she went back to sleep. After killing her, he informed his father that the woman had suffered a heart attack and died. However, the police had suspicions about the boy, particularly as the woman’s body was spotted, and his father also informed them about scratches on the accused’s back. When questioned, the accused confessed to using a pillow to smother his aunt to death, stating that he must have received the scratches while the woman was trying to push him away to escape.

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