A 35-year-old woman in Naubatpur in Patna district in Bihar was killed on 12 October when she was brutally assaulted by a 22-year-old man after resisting his attempts to rape her.

Deeraj Paswan, the accused, was the woman's neighbour and has been arrested by the police. He had reportedly kidnapped her when she had gone to relieve herself on the night of 11 October.

According to the police, Paswan inserted an iron rod into the victim's private parts following the failed rape attempt.