India News | Man Held for Raping 20-year-old Woman in UP's Mahoba

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A 24-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping a woman here, police said on Monday.

Mahoba (UP), Jan 16 (PTI) A 24-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping a woman here, police said on Monday.

The incident happened in an area under Mahobakanth police station area on Sunday night, they said.

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According to the police, the 20-year-old woman from the same village as the accused was sleeping when the man barged into her house and raped her.

The woman had filed a molestation case against the accused last year which is still pending in the court, SHO (Mahobkanth) Upendranath Rai said.

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On the complaint of the woman's father, a case has been registered against the man, he said.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)

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