Bhopal

25-year-old suspect held on differently-abled woman’s rape charge

Staff Reporter

Shahpura police have nabbed 25-year-old youth on the charge of his involvement in rape of a 53-year-old differently abled woman at in Shahpura area in the wee hours on April 16; accused entered the house for burglary.

The accused Sahulal alias Manoj Kaul was nabbed on Saturday after receiving that the accused is a habitual offender of Gulab Nagar and was trying to sell jewelry.Police have recovered one mobile phone, one pair of silver anklets, two silver toe rings from his possession.

The accused confessed that he had gone for burglary and after he find that the victim was alone at her house he sexually assaulted her.The accused has been booked for over 20 cases of burglary, theft, possession of arms illegally and rape. After the incident three teams were formed by Shahpura police and nearby places were searched and CCTV footages were checked.

A cash reward of Rs 20000 was declared on providing the information of the accused.The woman is blind and works with a bank. She was alone at her house when the accused came and sexually assaulted her and escaped with valuables. Police registered a case under sections 376(2) (L), 377, 450 and 380 of the IPC.

Victim she was alone at home as her husband has gone to Rajasthan and failed to return as the lockdown was imposed.

During the investigation police quizzed over 50 people in the case. Three teams comprising of 16 police personnel worked on the case which helped in the arrest of the accused.