OAN’s Elizabeth Bolbelding
12:30pm – Monday, March 4, 2024
Three male suspects have been arrested after a tourist claims she and her husband were attacked and gang-raped while camping in India.
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Three men were arrested on Sunday on suspicion of gang-raping a female foreign tourist and assaulting her husband. The victim described the alleged incident on Instagram, and the couple broadcast their motorbike tour through Asia, amassing a huge following online.
Jharkhand’s Dumka district police superintendent Pitambal Singh Kherwal said the couple, who were riding a motorcycle from West Bengal to neighboring Nepal, were spotted late Friday by police personnel on patrol. .
Kherwal added that after the couple was taken to the hospital, the woman told doctors that she had been sexually assaulted by multiple men.
Authorities in eastern India are currently searching for four more suspects in the case.
“On March 1stcentAccording to a translation, in 2024, three criminals who raped a foreign woman and assaulted her husband within Khansdikha police station area were arrested and remanded to judicial custody,” Dumka police said on Twitter.
The Brazilian-Spanish woman has amassed a sizable following on Instagram, sharing the story of how they met and documenting her and her partner’s bike rides through Asia.
The incident occurred in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, and police said three men were detained and four others were being searched.
Helwar told reporters on Sunday that the couple appeared to have been beaten when they were found on the roadside late Friday.
“The victims were speaking in Spanish and English, so the officers couldn’t understand exactly what they were saying, but they appeared to be injured,” Kerwal said.
Kerwal added that the couple, whose names have not yet been released, were taken to a local hospital where doctors found evidence that the women had been raped. In addition to the three suspects taken into custody Sunday, four more men have been identified by detectives and will be arrested “soon,” Helwar said.
“Our priority is to ensure maximum punishment so it never happens again,” he added, adding that the couple would receive up to $12,000 in compensation.
In a post on X on Saturday, India’s National Commission for Women said it had asked police to charge the suspect with gang rape, which carries a minimum sentence of 20 years in prison.
“Something that I would never wish on anyone happened to us,” the woman, who has bruises on her face, tearfully explained in a video posted to her Instagram page, which has nearly 500,000 followers.
“Seven men raped me, beat me and robbed me,” she said.
However, that video is no longer available online.
“Police are doing everything possible to catch them,” the couple said in another video uploaded on Sunday to their combined Instagram page, where they have more than 250,000 followers. They already know who they are. ”
“We ask that justice be served, not only for us, but for all the other women and girls who have gone through this,” the couple added.
They alleged that the men continued to beat the husband and sexually assault the woman.Their remarks were recorded on a Spanish television network. antenna 3. The woman also explained in her interview that she couldn’t find a motel to stay overnight, so she decided to camp in town.
“They raped me. They took turns and kept me there for about two hours, with several people watching,” the woman said in an interview.
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