The Jeypore Town police on Sunday arrested a man for raping a physically-challenged and mentally-retarded girl. Ramachandra Muduli, a resident of Jeypore, had allegedly raped the girl on Friday night.
The victim lives with her mother in the town. Ramachandra allegedly entered the girl’s house forcibly and attempted to rape her. When the girl’s mother tried to resist, she was beaten harshly by Ramachandra, who then raped the girl, as alleged.
Both mother and daughter were admitted at the Jeypore Sub-Divisional Hospital on Saturdaymorning.
As per an FIR of the relatives of the victim, police, after medical examination of the girl, arrested Ramachandra Muduli and sent him for medical test and then forwarded to court.