In a shameful and ghastly incident, an 81-year-old woman has allegedly been raped by a youth here. The accused, aged 22 years, was arrested and produced before court on Thursday evening.
As per police sources, accused Bhaja Ghee, son of Tikaram Ghee, resides in Lane-17 of Irrigation Colony here.
Finding the elderly woman alone in his neighbour’s house, he went there at around 6.15 pm on February 20 and allegedly raped her. Moreover, he also allegedly gave her life threats if she disclosed the matter before anyone.On February 22, family members of the victim lodged a complaint at the Bhawanipatna Town police station in this regard.
Police station IIC Satya Nanda registered a case under Sections 376 (1), 506, 341 and 294 of IPC and began an investigation.
Later, the police recorded the victim’s statement before the magistrate and also sent her for medical examination.