22-yr-old youth rapes 101-yr-old woman

CHANDRAPUR, Jan 18: In an incident that was as shameful as it was repulsive, a 22-year-old youth raped a 101-year-old woman in Salori village under Shegaon police station in Warora tehsil on January 15.The police have identified the accused as Pundalik Dhok of Salori village. Police sources said that Pundalik, to give vent to his pervert intentions, entered the house of the victim who was his great grandmother’s age, at 11 pm on January 15. The victim was alone when Pundalik overpowered the old woman and fled. The victim narrated the incident to her son who returned on the following day and accordingly he filed a complaint with the police. The medical examination of the old woman too confirmed of rape, Shegaon police personnel said. Acting on a complaint filed by the victim’s son, cops nabbed Pundalik on Friday evening and was booked under section 376 of IPC. Later on the same evening, Pundalik managed to give cops a slip after he and the victim were taken to the primary health centre for medical examination. Shegaon police told TOI that after the medical examination the accused walked out of small hospital to wash his hands outside the PHC as the accompanying cops waited for him. On finding that there was no cop present as he washed hands, he fled under the cover of darkness. Additional offence under section 324 has been registered against the accused and have launched a manhunt to nab him.