: Odisha Police Saturday rescued a woman nearly 48 hours after she was allegedly abducted and arrested the truck driver accused in the crime from Keonjhar district, officials said.

The woman, believed to be mentally challenged, was sent for medical examination after the driver confessed to have committed crime with the intent to fulfill his sexual desires. He later abandoned the victim at Randia near Bhadrak town, police said.

Driver Md Saddam Hussein of Keonjhar was arrested from Jhumpura area, said investigating officer Pravanshu Sekhar Mishra, inspector-in-charge of Bhadrak Town police station.

According to police, the accused abducted the woman while returning from Dhamara Port.

The abduction, which was captured on CCTV cameras, showed the driver forcibly lifting the woman into his

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