Balasore: A man allegedly raped a newly-wed woman, also his neighbour, after allegedly intoxicating her husband at Baliaapal under Jaleswar police limits in Odisha’s Balasore district.
According to sources, the accused had offered to help the couple, who had got married about 6 months ago, to correct some errors in the woman’s Aadhaar card. They went to Singla market on his motorcycle. The accused asked the woman to wait there and took her husband along with him. He then offered him liquor, leaving him heavily intoxicated. While on their way back to the village, the accused allegedly dragged the woman to a secluded area and raped her.
Later, he dropped them at their village and fled.
The woman was initially admitted to a hospital at Singla in a critical condition and later shifted to a hospital at Jaleswar.
Police have started an investigation and efforts are on to nab the culprit.
