The Mahakalapada police in Kendrapada district on Thursday arrested a youth Pintu Behera of Oliha village on the charges on raping a married Dalit woman on June 30 at Orta village in the district.
Mahakapada PS IIC Manoranjan Chaudhury on the fateful day barged into the victim’s house when her husband had gone to the market and raped her by brandishing a sharp weapon.
When the victim’s husband came back home Pintu attacked him and tried to escape from the spot. However, hearing the commotion, locals came to the couple’s rescue and nabbed Pintu and thrashed him.