Rape at ‘gunpoint’: search on for accused

The Rural police are on the lookout for a man who is alleged to have raped a woman at ‘gunpoint’.

The accused has been identified as Shaji, alias Pothu Shaji.

The complainant is the live-in partner of a friend of Shaji.

She alleged that Shaji raped her after threatening her with an airgun on Sunday when only her children were at home.

He reached her house again on Tuesday, and sent her partner out on an errand.

This time, however, she raised an alarm as he was not armed, and he fled, the complainant told the police.