An unidentified person has been booked for raping a mentally ill woman, resulting in a 14 weeks pregnancy, a police officer said here today.
"The police has registered a case of rape, after a mentally ill woman aged about 30 years was found to be 14 weeks pregnant in the Meghaninagar area," Meghaninagar police station officer, Yaqub Bhai told PTI.
The woman was raped before May 11 by an unidentified man at an unknown place, the police officer said.
The police got the woman medically examined which revealed that she was 14 weeks pregnant, the official said.
She has been admitted to a government-run mental hospital in Meghaninagar area for treatment, he said.
A case has been registered under section 376 of the IPC against the accused and efforts are on to nab him, the police officer said, adding that the case is being investigated by sub-inspector J M Patel.
