LUCKNOW: A 20-year-old woman was allegedly raped inside a public toilet. The incident took place in Uttar Pradesh’s Pratapgarh railway station on Saturday.

The woman along with her husband had been waiting for a train at the railway station. The accused approached the woman when her husband went to buy tea. He gave the woman a key saying that the toilet outside the waiting area was clean and she could use it. As the woman entered the toilet, the accused followed her, barged inside and raped her.

The accused fled the spot soon after the incident. The husband, who came searching for the woman, had lodged a police complaint. An FIR has been registered against the accused, said the police.