Thanjavur: A 20-year-old differently-abled woman was allegedly raped by a man after she delivered a stillborn baby in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur district. Police on Wednesday said that the accused was a friend of the woman's maternal uncle and used to frequently visit her house.

According to the police, the woman, paralysed by polio, lived with her younger sister and her maternal grandmother. Her mother is undergoing treatment for cancer. After the woman delivered a stillborn baby, she revealed to her family that she was sexually abused by her maternal uncle's friend. The family later filed a police complaint against the accused, they said.