50-year-old man booked for attempting to rape daughter-in-law

A 50-year-old man has been booked on the charge of attempting to rape his daughter-in-law in Sanganer Sadar area at Jaipur, police said on Monday.

Anandi Lal, a labourer, was booked after his 20-year-old daughter-in-law lodged an FIR against him on Sunday for attempting to rape her, they said. According to her complaint, Lal tried to rape her on Saturday when his son was out for work, but she managed to escape. The accused has been missing after the victim lodged complaint, police said, adding, efforts are on to nab him.

In a separate incident, four persons forcibly entered the house of a 35-year-old woman, beat her up and tried to rape her in Bassi town on Saturday, police said.

Preliminary investigation revealed that property dispute might be the reason behind the rape attempt, SHO, Bassi, Mohd Anwar said. Three of the accused were identified as Mangilal, Rampal and Raghunath, he said, adding that search was on for them.