Malaysian Woman Raped In India By A 30-Year-Old Man
A Malaysian woman on a business trip to Jaipur, Rajasthan is alleged to have been raped on Friday by a man she met there.
By Sadho Ram — 07 Jun 2014, 07:26 PM — Updated over 10 years ago
On Friday, a Malaysian woman was allegedly raped by a man she met on a business trip to Jaipur, Rajasthan
The woman in her complaint said she came to Jaipur three days back on a business trip and met the man.
thestar.com.myBoth of them had food in a five star hotel Thursday night from where he drove her to an isolated place and allegedly raped her in the car after offering her a drink laced with some drugs. He then left her in front of the hotel where she was staying.
The woman lodged a complaint at the local police station. The man was arrested within three hours.
"We have arrested (the man) on charges of raping a Malaysian woman on Friday. (He) is a resident of Bhilwara," Indo-Asian News Service reported quoting Deputy Commissioner of Police (Jaipur East), Amandeep Singh as saying. The suspect is 30 years old.
“We have registered a case and are interrogating him,” the report quoted Amandeep as saying.
thestar.com.myProtests against sexual violence in India has grown since the 2012 gang rape and murder of a student on a Delhi bus. Official statistics say about 25,000 rapes are committed every year in India.
Earlier this year, a 51-year old Danish woman was allegedly gang-raped in Delhi. She was robbed and raped at knife point.
deccanherald.comDuring the same timeframe, an 18-year-old German was also reportedly raped by a man sharing her compartment on a train travelling from Mangalore to Chennai in southern India.
A rape takes place every 22 minutes in India, but underreporting of attacks means that the frequency is likely much higher.
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