
The Singapore police said in a news release that a 28-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping a 52-year-old woman on 20 August.
He is due to be charged today (21 August) in court.
The police said that they were alerted to a case where the 52-year-old woman was sexually assaulted by a man at Toa Payoh.
The man fled the scene and the woman reportedly suffered minor injuries.
The man was identified through the use of CCTVs and arrested at Ang Mo Kio about 10 hours later.
The arrest was made possible by the teamwork of the officers from Tanglin Police Division, CID, Puglic Transport Security Command and the Police Operations Command Centre.
He will be charged in court today under Section 375(1A)(a) punishable under Section 375(3)(a)(i) of the Penal Code, with aggravated rape.
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