A 50- year old widow was allegedly raped by her ex-driver, Rajesh Nautiyal, resident of Tehri , who did the crime threatening the victim with knife and later decamped with gold jewellery and cash worth Rs 25,000 from her house on Thursday evening. She was alone in her home when the crime was allegedly committed. The accused also allegedly threatened to kill her and her daughters if she disclosed the incident to police. Acting on a tip-off, police arrested the accused from Banjarawala and recovered the stolen items from him. Earlier, police had registered a case under appropriate Sections 376/392/323/452/506 of IPC against Nautiyal (32) in Nehru Colony police station on Friday morning. The 29-year-old accused was sent to jail after being produced in the court on Friday morning. The medical test of the complainant would be done on Saturday. The widow has been living along with her daughters since her husband died in 2012. The accused was engaged as a driver in her home, but he was removed a few years ago. Acting on complaint, a team led by Kavita Joshi and comprising sub-inspectors Vinod Gusain, Dilbar Singh and Kavita Joshi aside from some others started the hunt for the accused. Acting on a tip- off, police arrested the accused from Banjarawala. Police recovered jewellery and cash worth Rs 23, 400 from his possession.