A 29-year-old hearing and speech-impaired woman was allegedly raped by her neighbour in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district, police said on Tuesday.

The accused, aged 39 years, was arrested following the incident on Sunday evening in a locality under Kotra Road police station limits, an official said.

As per preliminary information, the accused sexually assaulted the woman while she was working alone in a vegetable garden located behind her house, where she resides with her brother and his wife, he said.

A case was registered and further probe was underway, the official added.

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