Swiss tourist gang-raped in India

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I will cross India off my list places to go and see.

"A Swiss couple was camping near a forest in India's Datia district when a group of men beat the husband and raped his wife, the district's deputy superintendent of police, R.S. Prajapati, told CNN. There were between five and seven attackers, he said.

The couple arrived in Mumbai on February 3 and were on a cycling tour across the country, said D.K. Arya, deputy inspector general of police.

The attackers stole a laptop, 10,000 rupees (US $185) and a mobile phone, he said. The victims went to police and the woman was hospitalized and later released.

Twenty people have been detained for questioning"
http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/16/world/asia...-gangrape/

Disgusting human beings..

Too bad for you considering India is a fascinating country with much to offer the traveler.

You do realize India is a huge country with over a billion people and this is only one incident?

I feel safer in India than I do in my own country.

As long as you dont mind being gang raped occasionally it's a great place.

 

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Indian hotel owner doesn't take no for an answer to early morning massage offer...

UK tourist jumps from Agra balcony 'after massage offer'
19 March 2013 - A British woman has been injured after jumping from a hotel balcony to escape from alleged harassment in Agra, India, local police say.

The woman, in her 30s, told police she asked for a wake-up call at 04:00 but when the hotel owner knocked on her door then, he offered her a massage. She told police he would not leave so she locked the door and jumped from her balcony to the level below, injuring her leg, before fleeing the hotel. Police have arrested the hotel owner. They said he was still in custody and would be charged with sexual harassment in a local magistrates' court on Wednesday.

A spokesman for the British High Commission in India said UK consular officials in Delhi have spoken to the woman and to the local police. A consular team is travelling to Agra to provide assistance to the woman, he added. The city is home to the Taj Mahal. The senior superintendent of police in Agra, Subhah Chandra Dubey, told the BBC the woman's injury to her leg ligament had been treated, and she had been moved to another hotel. She also had two women constables with her for her security, he said.

Female assaults

According to Supt Dubey, the hotel owner claims he had gone to wake the woman up because the hotel staff had tried ringing her on the intercom and when she did not respond, he went to her room. The Foreign Office recently updated its advice for women visiting India, saying they should use caution and avoid travelling alone on public transport, or in taxis or auto-rickshaws, especially at night. It added that reported cases of sexual assault against women and young girls were increasing and recent sexual attacks against female visitors in tourist areas and cities show that foreign women were also at risk.

Following an alleged gang rape of a Swiss tourist in Madhya Pradesh state last week, police arrested six people. The woman was attacked with her husband as they camped in woodland near a village in Datia district. The arrests came as India's politicians prepared to debate a new law against rape, after the outcry over the fatal assault on a female Delhi student last year.

BBC News - UK tourist jumps from Agra balcony 'after massage offer'

 

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Indian hotel owner doesn't take no for an answer to early morning massage offer...

UK tourist jumps from Agra balcony 'after massage offer'
19 March 2013 - A British woman has been injured after jumping from a hotel balcony to escape from alleged harassment in Agra, India, local police say.

The woman, in her 30s, told police she asked for a wake-up call at 04:00 but when the hotel owner knocked on her door then, he offered her a massage. She told police he would not leave so she locked the door and jumped from her balcony to the level below, injuring her leg, before fleeing the hotel. Police have arrested the hotel owner. They said he was still in custody and would be charged with sexual harassment in a local magistrates' court on Wednesday.

A spokesman for the British High Commission in India said UK consular officials in Delhi have spoken to the woman and to the local police. A consular team is travelling to Agra to provide assistance to the woman, he added. The city is home to the Taj Mahal. The senior superintendent of police in Agra, Subhah Chandra Dubey, told the BBC the woman's injury to her leg ligament had been treated, and she had been moved to another hotel. She also had two women constables with her for her security, he said.

Female assaults

According to Supt Dubey, the hotel owner claims he had gone to wake the woman up because the hotel staff had tried ringing her on the intercom and when she did not respond, he went to her room. The Foreign Office recently updated its advice for women visiting India, saying they should use caution and avoid travelling alone on public transport, or in taxis or auto-rickshaws, especially at night. It added that reported cases of sexual assault against women and young girls were increasing and recent sexual attacks against female visitors in tourist areas and cities show that foreign women were also at risk.

Following an alleged gang rape of a Swiss tourist in Madhya Pradesh state last week, police arrested six people. The woman was attacked with her husband as they camped in woodland near a village in Datia district. The arrests came as India's politicians prepared to debate a new law against rape, after the outcry over the fatal assault on a female Delhi student last year.

BBC News - UK tourist jumps from Agra balcony 'after massage offer'

I can hear him now....(In my best Apu voice) Thank you come again!

 

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Suspects in rape of Swiss woman go on trial...

Trial opens in gang rape of Swiss tourist in India
Mon, Apr 01, 2013 - The trial of six men accused in the shocking gang rape and robbery of a 39-year-old Swiss cyclist holidaying in India began on Saturday, police said.

The six were detained soon after the attack two weeks ago in a remote, forested area in Datia district in central Madhya Pradesh State where the woman was camping with her husband. The trial opened with two prosecution witnesses recording statements and identifying possessions stolen from the Swiss couple that were recovered by police, the Press Trust of India reported. The Swiss couple were not present during the proceedings, but the court is likely to ask them to appear before it, the news agency said.

Judge Jitendra Kumar Sharma said the next hearing would be held later this month when another prosecution witness, who helped the victim, will testify. The Swiss woman was allegedly gang raped on March 15. Her 30-year-old husband was tied up as the woman was assaulted and the pair were also robbed, according to police. Only four of the six were charged with gang-rape because testimony from the victim said two of them were “only present at the crime scene”, according to M.L. Dhody, a Datia police officer. The other two accused are charged with assault and robbery.

Five of the suspects are farmers in their 20s, while the sixth is 19, police said. The incident came three months after the fatal gang rape of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student on a bus in Delhi, which sparked nationwide outrage. The public anger prompted parliament to toughen sex offense laws, including doubling the minimum prison sentence for gang rape to 20 years. The accused allegedly saw the Swiss couple pitching their tent and attacked them. The Press Trust of India said at least one of them was armed with a shotgun.

Trial opens in gang rape of Swiss tourist in India - Taipei Times