The police arrested a 19-year-old for reportedly raping a tribal woman and attempting to murder her in the Tirupalaivanam police station limits in Tiruvallur.
According to the police, the accused Paneer, of Vairavankuppam village, was passing by a locality on Friday. He spotted a woman from the Irula tribe walking alone and reportedly raped her and attacked her with a log. Passersby nabbed Paneer and handed him over to the police. The woman was sent to the Government Stanley Hospital.
The Ponneri All-Women Police registered a case and remanded Paneer in judicial custody on Saturday.