Jharkhand tourist rape case was an incident in March 2024 involving a gang rape of a tourist, a Brazilian-Spanish dual national woman, in Jharkhand, India.[1]
Incident edit
On 1 March 2024, a Brazilian-Spanish dual national tourist couple, a 28-year-old woman and her 64-year-old husband, who were on a motorbike tour across Asia, stopped for the night in Dumka district of eastern India's Jharkhand state. The couple who had arrived in Dumka district from Bangladesh, were camping in a forest while travelling on two motorcycles across eastern India on their way to neighbouring Nepal through Bihar.[2][3][4]
It is when a group of seven men gang raped the woman, assaulted her husband and threatened to kill them. The men held knives against their throats and took turns sexually assaulting the woman for about two hours while beating and restraining her husband. Around 11 p.m. local time (1730 GMT), the couple were found by a police patrol van which took them to a hospital.[5][6] The perpetrators allegedly also robbed them of ₹10,000.[7]
The travel blogger couple posted videos on their joint Instagram account with more than 200,000 followers regarding the incident.[8]
Response edit
The Jharkhand Police confirmed the incident. According to the police superintendent of Dumka, Pitamber Singh Kherwar, the medical tests confirmed the rape.[3]
On 2 March 2024, according to the police, three of the men involved were arrested while the search for the remaining four was ongoing. On 4 March 2024, the police arrested five more men in connection with the incident.[9][10]
A division bench led by Acting Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar of the Jharkhand High Court took suo motu cognisance of the incident and sought a report from Jharkhand's Chief Secretary and Director-General of Police as well as the Superintendent of Police of Dumka district.[7]
A cheque of ₹1 million was handed over to the victim by the Dumka Deputy Commissioner Anjaneyulu Dodde.[7]
The incident was condemned by India's National Commission for Women.[11]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Thiagarajan, Kamala (12 March 2024). "A tourist in India posted a video saying she was gang raped. A national debate ensued". NPR.
- ^ Gupta, Anant (4 March 2024). "Foreign tourist is gang-raped in India as violence against women persists". Washington Post.
- ^ a b "Anger in India over Spanish tourist's gang-rape: 'I thought we were going to die'". The Independent. 5 March 2024.
- ^ "Four arrested after Spanish blogger on India motorcycle tour gangraped". Al Jazeera. 3 March 2024.
- ^ "Gang rape of a tourist in India highlights its struggle to curb sexual violence against women". AP News. 5 March 2024.
- ^ "Indian police detain three accused of raping Brazilian-Spanish tourist". Reuters. 4 March 2024.
- ^ a b c Bhelari, Amit (4 March 2024). "Spanish woman gang rape case: Jharkhand High Court takes suo motu cognisance". The Hindu.
- ^ "Outrage over Brazilian tourist's gang rape in India". BBC News. 4 March 2024.
- ^ "Indian Police Arrest 8 in Connection With Alleged Gang Rape". www.voanews.com. Voice of America. 5 March 2024.
- ^ "Spanish woman gang rape case crimes against foreigners in India rarely result in convictions Data". The Hindu. 9 March 2024.
- ^ Iyer, Aishwarya S.; Sud, Vedika; Pokharel, Sugam; Velez, Michelle; Yeung, Jessie (5 March 2024). "India gang-rape: Seven men arrested in India". CNN.
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