India, March 7 -- A woman was allegedly murdered after resisting an attempt to sexually assault her in the Dive Ghat area on the Hadapsar-Saswad road in Pune district on Tuesday. Crime Branch Unit 6 of the Pune city police arrested the accused in the early hours of Friday, following a probe aided by CCTV footage.

The accused, identified as Prakash Mane (29), a resident of Wadki Nala, works as a supervisor in a private company in the area.

According to police, the body of an unidentified woman, aged between 30 and 40 years, was found semi-naked in an open area near a company premises at the foothills of Dive Ghat on Tuesday, March 3. Following the discovery, Fursungi police registered a case of murder.

During the investigation, police a...