AMARAVATI: A court in Andhra Pradesh’s Palnadu district sent the accused in the rape of a government employee to judicial custody for 14 days.
Namala Srinu, who was arrested by Macherla town police on Wednesday night, was produced before a judge on Thursday morning.
After the judge sent the accused to judicial custody, he was shifted to Gurazala sub-jail.
A 32-year-old woman was assaulted and raped by the accused at her home in Macherla town on April 2.
The assailant allegedly raped the victim at knifepoint, beat her up and inserted an iron rod in her private parts.
The victim works as an attender in the Panchayat Raj Department. She was separated from her husband and shifted to Macherla from Sattenapalli last year. According to police, she lives with her young nephew. However, as her nephew had gone to Sattenapalli to spend school holidays with his family, she was alone.