The town police on Saturday arrested a 19-year-old youth on charge of raping a
36-year-old woman in Badabaranga village under its jurisdiction. According to the complaint lodged by the victim, one Pabitra Bal, a Plus II second year student of Nikirai College, raped her forcibly in her house while her husband was absent on Friday night. The woman is a bigamist, sources said. The police have registered a case against the accused.