Odisha woman sleeping on verandah raped, stabbed; suspect arrested: Nayagarh cop

Police officers `in Nayagarh district said the woman who has been living separately from her husband over last few years

A mentally unstable woman in Odisha’s Nayagarh district is battling with her life after a driver allegedly raped and then stabbed her with a knife while she was sleeping outside her home on Wednesday night.

APolice said one person was arrested for the rape (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Police officials in Nayagarh district said the woman who has been living separately from her husband over last few years was sleeping on the verandah of a villager in the district when a driver named Panda allegedly sexually assaulted her.

“The victim’s family members spotted her lying in a pool of blood and rushed her to the Nayagarh District Headquarters Hospital early this morning, where she was undergoing treatment. The victim took the name of Panda, a driver who lives in the area. We have arrested the accused,” said police inspector Dilip Kumar Swain of Itamati police station.

The accused is a driver and is known to be a drug addict. However, it is not clear whether a youth or more people are involved.