Bhubaneswar : A widow was allegedly raped by a man in his car in the city on the pretext of taking her to a lawyer, police said on Friday.
According to police, the woman of Lingipur area had married in Saradeipur village under Dhauli police limits in the outskirts of the city.
She was staying at her father’s house following torture by in-laws after untimely demise of her husband in 2018.
The victim’s in-laws took her and her son to their house promising to take care of both but later, dumped her keeping the child with them.
The woman had sought help of a man of her village who asked the victim to come in his car to visit a legal advisor. However, he took her to an abandoned place and raped her before leaving her near Rabitalkis square.
The woman has filed a complaint at Mahila police in this regard at Mahila police station.