A taxi driver has been arrested on the city's southern outskirts in connection with
the alleged abduction and rape of a shelter home inmate, a senior police officer said on Sunday.

The accused was nabbed from Narendrapur in South 24 Parganas district during a raid on Saturday night, he said. In her complaint, the 36-year-old woman -- a resident of a shelter home for the mentally challenged in Panchasayar area of the city -- claimed that she had stepped out for a
stroll on Monday night when a group of men allegedly forced her into their car and took turns to rape her.