Bhubaneswar, Oct. 17 -- An Odia woman was allegedly raped and murdered in the Kompally area under the Pet-Basheerabad police limits in Hyderabad late Thursday night. The victim, originally from Bharatpur in Bhubaneswar, had reportedly been living in Hyderabad with her husband and four-year-old son for the past six months.

According to preliminary information, the woman and her family were residing in the quarters of a private construction company in Kompally, where her husband worked in the electronic maintenance division. She had been teaching the children of company workers while living with her husband and son in the same premises.

Her husband, who had recently secured a job in Dubai, had travelled to Bhubaneswar last Saturday with t...