Woman raped, accused held

A woman was allegedly raped by her co-passenger who also robbed her of gold ear rings and a mobile phone in Pinjore town in Panchkula district, police said here today.
The alleged rapist Sukhwinder Singh alias Sukha, hailing from Patiala district in Punjab, had been arrested, they said.
The alleged incident happened in Khera Basola area last Saturday when the woman and Sukhwinder alighted from a vehicle.
After getting down, Sukhwinder allegedly raped her, snatched her mobile phone and robbed her of gold ear rings before fleeing.
Sukhwinder was produced before a court which sent him to two-day police remand.

The mobile phone had been recovered, police said.