BERHAMPUR: Hinjili police in Ganjam district on Friday arrested a 38-year-old priest for allegedly raping a 28-year-old mentally-challenged woman repeatedly. She is now pregnant, police said.The accused is identified as Narayan Pradhan under Hinjili police station. He is a priest at a temple in Mumbai, police said.The accused was arrested from Berhampur railway station while he was trying to escape to Mumbai, said inspector in-charge, Hinjili police station, Prasant Kumar Sahu. The accused, an unmarried person, came to the village six months back and stayed put, he said.He had been raping her when she was staying alone in the house while her parents were going outside for work, police said. The parents of the survivor are labourers.The incident came to light after her mother asked her after smelling something fishy seeing changes in her body shape, police said. The girl narrated about the incident and disclosed the name of the accused.The mother of the girl lodged a complaint with police on Thursday. "We registered a case against the accused for raping the woman repeatedly and started investigation," said the IIC. Investigation would be expedited after getting the medical report of both the survivor and the accused, police said.Police said medical test of both was conducted at the forensic medicine department of MKCG Medical College here.

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