TNN | Mar 13, 2012, 02.05AM IST
BEHRAMPUR: A 40-year-old man was arrested from Kandhamal district on Monday for assaulting a tribal woman. The accused was identified as Prakash Digal of Kurumingia village within G.Udayagiri police limits. The victim (35), a daily-wage labourer, is being treated at SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack.
People of the area found the unconscious woman in Gudari village within Khajuripada police limits on March 7 and informed police. She was admitted to the hospital at Phulbani and then shifted to Cuttack. Her was unable to speak. "Digal, who works as a mason, has confessed to assaulting her after a minor scuffle," said sub-divisional police officer (Sadar) G C Sethi. The accused person, however, denied raping her. "We have asked the doctors to examine if there was any rape," SDPO said.
Police said preliminary probe revealed that the mason and the girl were having a love affair for the last three years. After a minor scuffle between them, Digal allegedly assaulted injuring her. Digal, a father of two, had fled after the incident and taken shelter at his relative's house in Kurumingia. Digal has been staying in Phulbani with his family for several years.Link: Mason arrested for assaulting woman labourer
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