A 26-year-old mentally challenged woman was raped here on Friday afternoon and the police are looking for a hotel cook, Samanada Brahmachari-mayum. It is said he was on friendly terms with the victim’s family and, taking advantage of the fact that her mother was busy working in the hotel kitchen and that her two brothers were also away at work, went to her house, located at a distance, and committed the rape. He gave the dazed victim Rs. 20 and threatened her against telling anyone about the incident. But she complained to her mother.