25-yr-old physically challenged woman raped in Kolkata

08 March,2013 01:21 AM IST |   |  Agencies

A 25-year-old physically challenged woman was allegedly raped by a 50-year-old man in Behala, on the city's southern outskirts, police said yesterday. The accused is yet to be arrested.


"We have received a complaint against one Bikash Ghosh, accusing him of raping a physically challenged woman. The accused has gone into hiding but we are confident of arresting him soon," Deputy Commissioner (South West) S Mitra said.

According to police, the incident took place on Monday evening when Ghosh lured the victim to a secluded place and allegedly raped her. "We took the victim's clothes for forensic tests. A medical test to confirm rape has already been done, reports of which are awaited," Mitra said.

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