Man rapes married woman on pretext of performing special puja

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Man rapes married woman on pretext of performing special puja

November 17

20:45 2020

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By ISWAR RAO

MALKANGIRI, NOV. 17: A man was on Tuesday arrested in Odisha’s Malkangiri district for allegedly raping a married woman at her house on the pretext of performing special puja.

As per the complaint, one Debananda Madkami was suffering from illness on different occasions for the past few months. To recover from the illness, , Debananda sought help from one Apurva Pal of Moteru village.

Apurva advised Debananda to perform a special puja saying that it would help him please God and he would recover from his illness.

Accordingly, Debananda made arrangements at his house on November 12 and invited Apurva to perform the special puja. After the puja was completed, Apurva asked Debananda to immerse the flower and used puja items at a place, around two kms away from the house.

When Debananda left home to immerse the flowers and puja items on Friday morning, Apurva raped his wife at the house, added the complaint.

After the woman filed the written complaint on Monday evening, the police registered a case under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against Apurva and arrested him on Tuesday.