Dumka:
A 32-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a neighbour in Jharkhand’s Dumka district, police said on Saturday.
The accused was arrested on Friday, after the woman lodged a complaint at Dumka Town police station on June 29, they said.
The man had been allegedly blackmailing her over a video clip, a police officer said.
“Based on the complaint, we arrested the accused, who has been sent to jail after being produced in a court. An investigation is underway,” Dumka Town police station in-charge Ashok Ram said.
In her complaint, the woman stated that the accused took her on his scooter to a nursing training centre, and allegedly raped her inside a room of the building under the pretext of deleting the video.
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