60-year-old paralyzed woman raped in Nashik

NASHIK: A teenager has been apprehended for the alleged sexual assault of a 60-year-old bed-ridden woman in Nashik, police said on Wednesday.
The incident took place in Upnagar area of the city early Tuesday morning, according to a police officer.
The woman, who has suffered a paralysis attack, stays alone in her house of corrugated iron sheets and is bed-ridden for the last seven years.
Her brother lives nearby, the police official said. Around 1 am on Tuesday, a 22-year-old man entered the house and allegedly raped her repeatedly after threatening her of dire consequences if she raised alarm.
He also clicked her photographs before leaving, she said. The woman told her brother about the incident when he came in the morning to give her tea, following which a police complaint was registered.
The suspect was arrested and further probe was on, the police official added.
(With inputs from PTI)