The 50-year-old accused was held yesterday for raping the 30-year-old woman on Monday.
Station House Officer (SHO), Dei Police Station, Udham Singh said that the parents of the woman had lodged a complaint that Nevalal Meena had allegedly raped their daughter when she was sleeping in a thatched hut in an agriculture field.
The victim is deaf and dumb and is mentally challenged, the SHO said.