Gurugram, Jan 17 (PTI) A man was arrested for allegedly killing a 34-year-old woman after raping her in this district, police said Wednesday.

The body of the woman was spotted in the hilly area near Bhondsi village on January 13, they said.

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Both the accused and the victim were known to each other.

According to police, Jeevan Aharwal (28), resident of Rajpura village in Madhya Pradesh' Chhatarpur district and the woman, a native of Sagar district, came to know each other when they worked as labourers. The accused, however, later started selling fruits.

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A senior police officer said Aharwal confessed to the murder. He told police that he had raped the woman and she wanted to lodge a police complain against him so he killed her by hitting her head with a stone.

"On January 7, he took the woman to the hills of Bhondsi on the pretext of showing her a temple. He raped her and when she resisted and threatened to file a complaint, he killed her using a stone," the official said.

The forest ranger had informed the police on January 13 about the body of a woman lying in the hilly area in Bhondsi. The police reached the spot, took the body in custody and kept it in the mortuary.

The woman's body was identified a day later by her husband, police said.

An FIR was registered at Bhondsi police station on January 14. During investigation, a team led by Sub-Inspector Ashok Kumar arrested the accused Jeevan from near SPR Road on Tuesday night, they said.

"We have taken the accused on two days' police remand after producing him in a city court today. We are questioning him," Gurgaon police spokesperson Subhash Boken said on Wednesday.

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