A habitual offender was nabbed for sexually assaulting a 36-year old married woman at Gehunkheda under Kolar police station area on Friday.
According to the police, the victim was alone at the time of incident when the accused Nawab Khan reached in the morning and sexually assaulted her and fled the spot.
Distressed with the incident victim reported the incident to her husband on his return and later the couple lodged a complaint with the Kolar police. She said that the accused came to her house in the morning and asked for water and when she went inside for bringing water she was caught from behind and overpowered.
Based on the information after the preliminary investigation a case was registered by the police and accused was arrested by the police.
The incident took place after the victim's husband left for the work. The victim's husband works as labour at a farm house.
During the investigation police have found that the victim's husband and the accused were acquainted and the accused used to visit victim's house frequently.
Police said that the accused is a habitual offender and was booked earlier for several crimes in different police stations of the city. The police have registered a case under section 376 and 506 of the IPC and have started further investigation.
The accused used to create nuisance in the area after consuming liquor and was involved in several crimes in the past.
It is possible that he may confess more crimes during the investigation.