Woman 'raped' by neighbour in Jharkhand’s Dumka, arrested

Dumka, Jul 4 (PTI) 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. PTI CORR RPS RBT