"The woman complained to the police that while she was walking from the Canacona railway station towards the beach, an unidentified person forcibly took her to a roadside where he raped her," he said.The woman had gone to catch a train from Canacona to Thivim station located in North Goa district.The accused later fled while taking away three bags of the woman, he said.Prabhudesai said the woman had been regularly visiting Goa for the last 10 years. But, as the train got delayed, she decided to return to the place where she was staying near the Palolem beach, he said.A search was on for the culprit, he said, adding that some suspects from the area were being rounded up.She was also robbed of her belongings by the man who fled after committing the crime, he said.Canacona taluka in South Goa is a tourism hub with popular beaches like Agonda and Palolem.A search was on for the culprit, police said, adding that some suspects from the area were being rounded up.The incident took place around 4 am in Canacona town, located about 100 km from here, when the woman was going towards the Palolem beach in South Goa district, police inspector Rajendra Prabhudesai told news agency PTI."The accused, who saw the woman walking alone, pushed her to a paddy field on the roadside near a telecom company&china wholesale rain umbrellas39;s office.. (Representational Image) Panaji: A 48-year-old British woman tourist was allegedly raped by an unidentified man while she was walking towards a beach in Goa in the wee hours of Thursday, a police official said. He first hit her in the eyes, due to which her vision blurred for a few minutes, and then raped her," the police official said quoting the complaint. # The incident took place around 4 am in Canacona town, located about 100 km from here, when the woman was going towards the Palolem beach in South Goa district.

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