Palghar: A 40-year-old tribal woman was waylaid on the night of August 31, dragged to the bushes and raped by a villager, a district police official said here today.

Assistant police inspector S N Chodhar of the Wada police station said that she was on her way home at about 9 pm on the fateful day along the Kalambai-Ganeshpuri road, when the accused blocked her path and parked the motorcycle in front of her.