Man arrested for raping deaf and dumb woman in J K's Poonch

A man was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly raping a deaf and dumb woman after the victim delivered a baby at a hospital in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.

The man was arrested from a village in Mendhar sub-division and booked under rape charges, a police official said.

He said police acted against the accused after the 20-year-old unmarried victim delivered a baby boy at the district hospital Poonch Monday evening.

"Further investigation into the matter is going on," the official said.