Class 10 Student Kills 37-Yr-Old Aunt For Declining His Sexual Advances

Bengaluru:  A teenager studying in Class 10 at a village near Uppinangady town in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka has been detained for allegedly killing his aunt as she declined his sexual advances.

The woman was found dead on Sunday night at her home under suspicious circumstances. She was the maternal aunt of the accused. The accused minor was at her home on Sunday. According to police sources, he allegedly made sexual advances when the woman was sleeping. The woman resisted and scolded him.

As per the confession of the accused, fearing that she would tell others about his misdeed he smothered her to death using a pillow when she went back to sleep.

After killing her, the juvenile delinquent informed his father that his aunt had suffered a heart attack and died.

But scratches on the back of the accused made the police suspicious. When the police interrogated him, he confessed to the crime and also revealed that he received the scratches while the woman was trying to push him away to escape his sexual advances.