Woman Allegedly Raped By Ration Dealer Who Went To Deliver Order At Her Home In UP; Arrested

A ration dealer in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district was arrested for allegedly raping a 30-year-old married woman at her home on Wednesday, police said.

The woman had requested the accused to deliver the rations to her house in Shekhzadan locality of the town amid the nationwide lockdown and the accused agreed to it, news agency PTI reported, quoting police officials.

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Shamli Superintendent of Police Vineet Jaiswal told reporters that a case has been registered under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code against the accused who has been arrested.

According to the complaint lodged by the woman, she had gone to the fair-price shop where the accused promised her to deliver the items to her home. Once he reached her home with the rations, the man found her alone and raped her.

The woman's husband is stranded in Punjab, where he works, since the nationwide lockdown began on March 25.

Just last week, a woman admitted to the coronavirus isolation ward at a medical college, was allegedly sexually assaulted by a healthcare worker for two days in Bihar's Gaya.

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The woman was admitted to an isolation ward at Anugrah Narain Magadh Medical College and Hospital (ANMMCH). Her family has accused a healthcare worker of raping the woman for two days. She died of excessive bleeding at home after being discharged from the hospital.

"The 25-year-old victim had returned to Bihar¡¯s Gaya district from Ludhiana (in Punjab) along with her husband on March 25. Before returning to her in-laws¡¯ place, she had undergone abortion at Ludhiana just when she was two months pregnant," said a report by Deccan Herald.

Police have begun investigation into allegations of sexual assault inside the isolation ward of ANMMCH. A formal complaint has been filed against an unknown person.