A 22-year-old daily labourer was arrested for allegedly raping a tribal woman from Dumuripada in Kandhamal district, according to police on Wednesday. The rape survivor’s plight came to light after a doctor allegedly confined the woman in her home and physically and mentally tortured her, the police said. Kandhamal Superintendent of Police KV Singh said the police would conduct a medical test on the man who was arrested on Tuesday. If necessary, a DNA test would also be conducted to ascertain the fact.
Earlier, police had on Sunday arrested AYUSH doctor Ambika Mohapatra (45), who worked at a health centre at Katringia in Kandhamal on the charges of illegal detention and physical and mental torture of the pregnant woman. The survivor alleged that the doctor made her work as a domestic help at her house at Patrapada near Phulbani and tortured her.