New Delhi: An aspiring rap musician was apprehended for allegedly killing a 55-year-old woman while she was warming herself by a bonfire outside her house in Uttam Nagar area of Dwarka district, police said on Monday.

The accused, a juvenile, was allegedly a member of a gang which was involved in a number of illegal activities, including extortion. Shama Devi was killed on the intervening night of January 1 and 2 as she has refused to pay the extortion money, they said. Following a complaint by the victim's family, a case was registered and CCTV footage was analysed, a senior police officer said.