A 60-year-old woman was found dead in an apparent rape-murder case at Badigadh Rural Municipality-7 in Baglung on Saturday night.

Police said they found the naked body of Manikarna GC from a bamboo clump some 2 km away from the place where she worked.

GC, who hailed from Gulmi, used to work at a local eatery. She was last seen going outside to wash dishes.

Police suspected that GC might have been raped and subsequently murdered. Postmortem report is pending.

Meanwhile, police have arrested a 35-year-old man for questioning. (PR)