A 30-year-old married woman was sexually assaulted at an under construction building under Bagh Sewania police station area on Monday; accused was arrested late in the night by the police.
According to the police, the victim was sexually assaulted by the accused Rajkumar Namdev in the afternoon on Monday. The victim and accused were acquainted and work as labour at the under construction building of Amrit Homes at Bagh Mughalia.
On Monday, at around 3 pm the accused took her to an under construction building and sexually assaulted her and before leaving he threatened her of life. The victim reported the incident to her husband and later they lodged a complaint with the Bagh Sewania police.
Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 376 of the IPC and section 39(2) (5) of the SC and ST Prevention of Atrocities Act and arrested the accused from the colony in the evening.
In the initial investigation police found that the victim and her husband work as labour at the under construction building. The couple hail from Betul and came to the city for work and was staying for at the under construction building where they used to work as labour.
At the time of the incident, victim’s husband was not present while the victim was at work and while she was working the accused arrived and took her to a secluded area of the under construction building and sexually assaulted her, said police.