RAIPUR: A 57-year-old rape accused, who was out on bail, allegedly stabbed the complainant to death at an anganwadi centre in Balod district where she worked, on Friday, and later died by suicide on the spot.According to police, a few children were having meal inside a room when he reached the anganwadi centre. He asked the children and rest of the anganwadi staff to step out before bolting the door from inside. Police said the woman, aged 54, who was also an anganwadi worker, was attacked multiple times with a sharp-edged weapon.By the time villagers and police forced entry, the woman lay dead in a pool of blood, while the man had died by suicide, police said.The assailant was identified as Lakhan Dewangan.Police said the woman had earlier filed a case alleging that she had been sexually assaulted by Lakhan on the pretext of marriage. The man was arrested and sent to jail. He had recently been released on bail.Deori police station in-charge Rakesh Thakur said the sequence of events and motive are being verified.