3 booked in connection with Dalit woman labourer's rape, murder

Three persons, including a relative of a BSP MLA, have been booked in connection with alleged rape and murder of a 38-year-old Dalit woman at a paper mill here owned by the legislator, police said today.
A case against Arif, a relative of the MLA, Shamim and one unidentified man has been registered for murder in the matter, they said.
Police suspected that she had been raped before being strangulated to death yesterday in the mill at Jansath road, where she worked as a labourer.
The body was sent for postmortem, they said, adding that investigation is underway.