According to police, M. Karan alias Jayant of the refugee camp in Perumalpuram raped the elderly woman of Narikulam Colony in Kottaram near Kanyakumari on Sunday afternoon in a secluded place while she was rearing goats.

The woman was given first aid at a private hospital in Kottaram and later shifted to the Kanyakumari Government Medical College Hospital on Sunday night.

Police have registered a case under sections 376 (rape), 294 B (using abusive language), 506 (1) (criminal intimidation), an 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) of the Indian Penal Code.

The arrested person was remanded in judicial custody after being produced at a Magistrate Court, police sources said.

(Hindu.com)