A minor boy -- student of Class 10 -- has been apprehended in Karnataka for allegedly <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/karnataka-articles" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">killing his aunt</a> after she declined his indecent proposal, the police said on Wednesday.&nbsp;
The incident took place at a village near Uppinangady town in Dakshina Kannada district. According to police, a 37-year-old woman was found dead on Sunday night at her residence under suspicious circumstances.
The accused minor boy who was at her home on Sunday, <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/bjp-in-karnataka-stages-statewide-demonstration-against-fuel-price-hike-23354517" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">allegedly made sexual advances</a> when the woman was sleeping. However, the woman -- his maternal aunt -- resisted and scolded him, and also asked him to behave properly.&nbsp;
Confessing his crime, the accused told the police that, fearing that she would tell others about his act, the Class 10 student smothered her to death using a pillow after sometime when she went back to sleep.&nbsp;
After killing her, he informed his father that the woman had suffered a heart attack and died.&nbsp;&nbsp;The police, however, had suspicions about the boy since the woman's body was spotted.&nbsp;&nbsp;His father also informed the police about scratches on the accused's back.
When the police questioned him, he confessed to having <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/will-appear-before-cid-for-inquiry-on-june-17-yediyurappa-23354255" rel="nofollow">used a pillow to smother his aunt to death</a>, saying he must have received the scratches while the woman was trying to push him away to escape.
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According to police, a 37-year-old woman was found dead on Sunday night at her residence under suspicious circumstances

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