Wrestler arrested for sexually assaulting non-Naga woman at Kevuoliezha

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A wrestler was arrested for allegedly raping a non-Naga woman at Kevuoliezha on the outskirts of the Nagaland capital, the police said on Sunday. Zasituo Tsukru had raped the woman, a mother of two children, when her husband was away on August two. He was caught by locals and handed him over to the police yesterday, they said.

A women's organisation filed a complaint with the police. Acting on it, the man was arrested from the D Khel Kohima village.

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