HT Correspondent
JORHAT, Sept 22: A person has been arrested on Thursday on charges of raping his step aunt (stepmother’s sister) at Mazgaon village under Bhogdoi police outpost in the outskirts here.
The accused has been identified as Dipankar Gogoi (35), and was arrested under section 376 of the IPC.
A case number has been registered at the Jorhat police station.
Police said that Gogoi allegedly forcibly took the woman to his own home and sexually assaulted her. He is also alleged to have beaten his stepmother. The people of the locality complained to the police on hearing the ruckus.