Man rapes 80-year-old blind woman

— headlines now, August 21, 2014 09:06 pm
Batala: An elderly 85-year-old blind
woman has been raped allegedly by a
person at border village Shahpur Jajan
under Dera Baba Nanak, police said today.
According to police, woman’s son Yakub
Masih had lodged a complaint that his
widowed mother was alone at the house
last night when 45-year-old Pagga Masih,
a resident of same village and who was
under the influence of liquor, entered the
house and raped her.
He fled away from the spot when he
arrived, they said.
A medical board has been constituted to
conduct her medical examination
tomorrow and DNA test would be
conducted later on, SHO Suba Singh said,
adding the accused has been arrested.