Polio victim raped ... left by roadside

POLICE were late yesterday searching the Moruga forests, for a man who raped a 31-year-old retarded woman after offering to drop her home on Sunday. The crying woman, who was born with polio, was discovered lying on the main road by the police, shortly after a relative reported that the woman had been abducted. According to police reports, around midday, the 31-year-old woman and her six-year-old cousin went to buy snacks at a parlour near her home in Moruga and were returning home when a car stopped near to them.  Reports indicate that a 43-year-old man, whom the woman knew, offered her and her cousin a drop home. The woman accepted the man’s offer and she got into the car while the six-year-old cousin decided to walk, since their home was a short distance away. However, instead of dropping the woman home, the man took her to his home where he raped her. He then left her on the side of the road a short distance away from his home and drove off. She was picked up by the police who took her to a medical institution where the  District Medical Officer examined her and confirmed to investigators that she had been sexually assaulted. After receiving certain information, police went into the Moruga forests in search of the man. Up to late yesterday no arrests had been made and investigations were continuing.