Man accused of mentally retarded girl’s rape nabbed

The residents of Patti town nabbed a man accused of a mentally retarded girl’s rape on Monday. He was handed over to the Patti city police. Police said that the accused has been identified as Bhupinder Singh, a resident of Ghati Bazar, Patti. The accused took the victim to some undisclosed destination from the Patti Bazaar where she had come for some domestic work.

The victim’s mother, in her statement to the police, said that the girl had gone to the market from where the accused took her to some undisclosed destination and raped her. The accused after committing the crime came to town to drop her near home where locals, suspecting some foul play, nabbed the accused and handed him over to the Patti city police. The statement of the victim’s mother has been recorded by ASI Balwinder Kaur.