Jammu, May 12 (PTI) A man was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly raping a deaf and dumb woman after the victim delivered a baby at a hospital in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.

The man was arrested from a village in Mendhar sub-division and booked under rape charges, a police official said.

He said police acted against the accused after the 20-year-old unmarried victim delivered a baby boy at the district hospital Poonch Monday evening.

"Further investigation into the matter is going on," the official said.

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