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SINDRI: Dhanbad Police has arrested ambulance driver Sanjay Das, who allegedly raped a mentally challenged and speech-impaired woman admitted to the female medicine ward of SNMMCH late on Sunday night.
SP (Dhanbad city) R Ramkumar said the accused was caught on Monday night and sent to judicial custody on Tuesday. He said police took the support of counsellor cum advocate Lopamudra to talk to the survivor. Based on their conversation, police confirmed that the woman was raped and lodged a case based on a complaint filed by police inspector Pawan Kumar Choudhary.
Ramkumar further said Das was arrested from Bhuli locality from where he was trying to flee with his ambulance. The SP said Das confessed his crime to the police and released the tea joint owner, who was previously thought of as Das’s accomplice, as his involvement in the crime could not be established.