India, Oct. 25 -- The Pune rural police have arrested a man, 26, for murdering a woman in the Uruli Kanchan area after she resisted his attempt to rape her.

The incident was reported on October 14 by Hindustan Times wherein the woman, who worked in a medical store, was murdered along the Uruli Kanchan - Naigaon Road headed towards Gagan Akanksha Society. According to the police, the accused - identified as Dinesh Sanjay Patole, 26, a resident of Golewasti, Uruli Kanchan, and a fitter at a mechanic's shop in the locality - was arrested on October 22.

The police investigation revealed that on October 14, the accused was on his motorcycle when he noticed that the woman was walking alone on the road. He intercepted her and tried to physical...