Mentally challenged woman gang-raped in South Goa; five held

The accused befriended the woman at the Margao bus stand and took her to another location in a bus

Panaji: Five persons have been arrested for allegedly raping a mentally challenged woman in South Goa, police said on Saturday.

The incident occurred in Margao on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, an official said.

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Superintendent of Police (South) Sunita Sawant said one of the accused befriended the woman, in her 20s, at the Margao bus stand and took her to another location in a bus.

She said that the accused took the woman to an apartment, where four others joined him, and they allegedly sexually assaulted the woman.

The official said the woman’s mother lodged a complaint, based on which the accused were arrested under the relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS).