Jalna: Two persons have been arrested for sexually exploiting a 32-year-old woman, while two others, including a village sarpanch, are absconding. According to police, the woman, resident of Sattephal village in Jafrabad tehsil of the district, filed the complaint on Saturday.
She has alleged that her late husband's uncle Bhausaheb Sonone, sarpanch Shivaji Uttam Bankar, Prabhakar Rangnath Bankar and Ramdas Punjaram Bankar had been sexually exploiting her for the last nine months. Her husband died three years ago, and she was living with her four daughters, she stated.
While Prabhakar Bankar and Ramdas Bankar were arrested, Sonone and Shivaji Bankar are on the run.
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