Woman raped by welder at Rajasthan college

A 25-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a welder at an engineering college in Kukus, police said.

Jaipur: A 25-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a welder at an engineering college in Kukas, 20 kms from here, police said on Monday.

An FIR was registered yesterday on a complaint filed by the victim, Amber police station SHO Suresh Chand Jangid said.

The victim has alleged that while she was sweeping rooms on the second floor of Shankara Engineering College on August 17, welder Ramphool Meena (25) raped her, the SHO said.

She alleged that Ramphool threatened her of dire consequences if she told the incident to anyone, he said.

The woman has been sent for medical examination and we are looking for Ramphool, who is absconding after he heard about the FIR, he added.

A case under various sections of the IPC has been registered against the accused, the SHO said.

PTI

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