The Kochi City police arrested a man on charge of abducting a 52-year-old woman who was then allegedly raped and assaulted after which she was abandoned by the railway track.
The arrested is Firdous Ali of Assam. The woman is undergoing treatment at the Government Medical College Hospital, Kalamassery. The incident reportedly took place near the Ponnurunni railway track on Wednesday at 5.30 p.m.
According to the police, Ali acquainted with the woman who was looking for a job at the North railway station. He enticed her by promising ₹500 and reportedly took her by an autorickshaw to the South railway station. They alighted at Kammattipadam and then walked towards the track.
