A horrific incident occurred in Sundargarh, Odisha where a 20-year-old woman named Nauri Gudiya, allegedly murdered her 5-year-old stepson by tying him to a stone and throwing him into a well last Friday, as per Sambad English. Nauri Gudiya, the wife of Francis Gudiya took advantage of her husband’s absence on October 11 to commit the heinous crime as she wanted to eliminate the child from her husband’s previous marriage.
The next day, Nauri filed a missing complaint at Raghunathpali police station attempting to conceal her crime stating that the kid had been found missing since last Friday. However, police investigations led to the discovery of the child’s body floating in a well near her residence. Later, Nauri confessed to the murder during police questioning and she was arrested on Tuesday. A police officer said that the accused had confessed to the crime and had recovered the stone used to weigh down the child and the case has been registered under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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Earlier in September, three women, known as the “serial killers” of Tenali, Andhra Pradesh murdered four people including three women, said police. Reportedly, they befriended the strangers and offered them drinks that were mixed with cyanide to steal gold, cash, and other valuables.
Police said the victims died shortly after consuming the cyanide-laced drinks, and the women would steal their valuables. The arrested women were, Munagappa Rajini (40), Madiyala Venkateshwari (32) and Gontu Ramanamma (60), said Andhra Pradesh police, as reported by media. Venkateshwari used to work as a volunteer in Tenali. Then she travelled to Cambodia, where she was allegedly involved in cybercrime.
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The investigation into the matter started when a partially decomposed body of a woman, later identified as Shaik Nagoor Bi was discovered near a quarry on the outskirts of Vadlamudi village. Initially registered as a case of unknown cause of death, the investigation quickly shifted when the victim’s son, Shaik Tameej, expressed suspicion about his mother’s interactions with Rajani and Venkateswara before her disappearance.