RAJKOT: A man was detained on Wednesday for the alleged rape of a woman in Mitana village of Tankara taluka in Morbi district on Sunday night. Another person who aided the accused in the crime was also booked.
Police said the accused, Urvesh Patel, had allegedly raped the 28-year-old woman after giving her a lift on his bike.
The survivor, who is from Thane near Mumbai, is into event management in Rajkot. She had gone to Tankara on Sunday. From Tankara she had hired a private vehicle which dropped her at Mitana chowkadi.
"As she was waiting for a vehicle to go to Rajkot, the accused duo arrived on a bike and offered her a lift to Rajkot. Trusting them, the woman sat on the bike. The accused then drove the bike into a farm where Patel allegedly raped her, while his accomplice stood guard. After committing the crime, the accused duo left the survivor at the spot and sped away," said an official from the Tankara police station.
After coming to Rajkot, the survivor developed pain in her private parts and she went to a gynecologist. When she told the gynecologist that she was raped, the gynecologist told her to shed her inhibitions and approach the police.
"As the accused had exchanged their cellphone numbers with the survivor, we were able to trace and nab Patel on the basis of his number," added the official, while refusing to divulge the identity of the co-accused, citing secrecy of the investigation.
Patel has been detained at present. He will be formally arrested after undergoing the mandatory Covid-19 test.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)