Woman working as a caregiver raped, accused arrested

PHAGWARA: A poor middle-aged woman (40) was reportedly raped by a young migrant from Bihar in a room of a school playground near Law Gate Village Miherru near Phagwara in the early hours of today.

The victim, a resident of Amar Nagar Modele House in Jalandhar, worked as a caretaker and lived in a paid guest house.

The victim was taken to a local hospital for medical examination to confirm the rape, police said.

When contacted, Phagwara SP Rupinder Kaur Bhatti confirmed this and informed this correspondent that the accused, identified as Nitish Kumar, resident of Viage Konch, Gaya district Bihar, was arrested a few hours after the incident. A case under Section 64 BNS has been registered against the arrested accused at Satnampura police station Phagwara.