Man gets 10 yr's RI for raping deaf and dumb athlete

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Press Trust of India Raiganj (WB)
Last Updated : Dec 21 2013 | 5:15 PM IST
A North Dinajpur district court today sentenced a 28-year-old man to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for raping a deaf and dumb athlete in June.
Fast track court judge T K Mandal convicted Ranjit Das, an auto rickshaw driver, and awarded the punishment to him.
According to the prosecution, the 25-year-old athlete was was going to Hemtabad from Raiganj by Das' auto rickshaw on June 23.
When all other passengers of the auto rickshaw got down, Das took her near a forest and raped her. Thereafter he took her to his house at Hemtabad and raped her again.
The victim, a state level athlete, filed a written complaint to the police and he was arrested the next day.
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First Published: Dec 21 2013 | 5:15 PM IST