The Deonar police have arrested the prime accused in the rapeand murder of a 50-year-old woman last month. Arvind Baban Deshmukh was arrested up by the cops late on Friday. The police had earlier arrested Deepak Gaikwad (35) thanks to the footage they recovered from a CCTV installed at Govandi railway station.

According to the police, the incident occurred on August 30 when Deshmukh and Gaikwad allegedly entered the woman’s hutment at the Tata Nagar slums adjacent to the Govandi railway station. The accused apparently knew the woman and often visited her home. The woman used to lived alone and sold food at the railway station for a living.