Rishikesh, May 6 (PTI) A man was arrested here on Thursday for allegedly raping a 21-year-old woman, police said.

Umang Gandhi was produced before a local court which sent him to judicial custody, Muni-ki-Reti Police Station SHO R K Saklani said.

According to the victim, she was allegedly raped by Gandhi in Tapovan area on April 25, he said.

The woman is a painter and the accused took her to a room in Tapovan on the pretext of getting it painted, police said.

He offered her a drink laced with cannabis and allegedly raped her, the SHO 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)