Bhubaneswar, June 27 -- A man was arrested on Friday for allegedly attempting to rape a woman from West Bengal at a hotel in Odisha's Bhubaneswar's Bharatpur area.

Acting on the survivor's complaint, police registered a case and launched an investigation. The accused was subsequently apprehended and produced before a court on the same day.

Following his court appearance, the accused was remanded to judicial custody and sent to jail.

Police said further investigation is underway to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the incident.

The survivor, a resident of Kolkata's Girish Park area, has been staying with her husband at a hotel in GA Colony under Bharatpur police limits for the past four months. The accommodation was provided by ...