Rajkot: A 27-year-old man was arrested for allegedly kidnapping and raping a 20-year-old woman in a village in the jurisdiction of Keshod police station in Junagadh district. While she was sexually assaulted on Feb 18, the complaint was registered on Feb 26 following which the accused was arrested. According to the complaint, the woman was at her uncle’s house when the accused arrived late at night in a four-wheeler and tried to force her into the vehicle. When her uncle and aunt intervened, the man allegedly assaulted the woman’s uncle. It is alleged that the man has two wives.The complaint states the man then falsely claimed that the bodies of the woman’s brother and uncle were in the vehicle, prompting her to come closer. He allegedly tied her hands, forced her into the vehicle, and took her to multiple locations where she was sexually assaulted. The complaint further alleges that at one location the man applied vermilion to the woman’s forehead and took photographs, and later took her to a farmhouse near other areas where the assaults continued until morning. The woman said she was later dropped off in Keshod and threatened with harm to her family if she reported the incident.
