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LORD HAVE MERCY (LHM): Swiss Tourist Raped By Gang Men In India

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India seems to be gradually gaining notoriety for sex crimes against women. Few months ago, a 23 year old medical student was ganged raped in a bus in New Delhi.

Just this week, a married Swiss woman has also been gang-raped on a bus in broad daylight near Indore railway station.

BBC reports;

Five men have confessed in India to gang-raping a Swiss woman as she camped with her husband in the central state of Madhya Pradesh, police say.

The couple were camping at a village in Datia district on Friday during a cycling trip when they were attacked by a group of men.

The assailants overpowered the husband before gang-raping his wife and they were robbed of their valuables.

Police detained at least 20 people after the attack.

The case is getting front-page coverage in the Indian media and the Swiss embassy has called for a swift investigation, the BBC’s Andrew North reports from the capital, Delhi.

The incident comes three months after the gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old female student on a bus in Delhi, which triggered widespread protests against the treatment of women in India.

‘Husband beaten’

“We have detained five men and they have confessed to gang-raping the woman and attacking her husband,” local police official MS Dhodee told AFP news agency.

He added that police were searching for a sixth man, who was also involved in the crime.

Another police official, DK Arya, told AP news agency the couple had said seven or eight men had taken part in the rape, but that it was dark and they could not be sure of the exact number.

After the attack, the rape victim underwent a medical examination at a local hospital before leaving for Delhi with her husband, police said.

The victim, who is reported to be 39 years old, and her husband had been cycling from Orchha to Agra, to see the Taj Mahal, a distance of about 250km (155 miles), when they decided to camp for the night in a forested area.

One report cited the victim’s husband as saying that the group of men had approached them at about 21:30 (16:00 GMT). They then began beating him with wooden sticks before tying him up and sexually assaulting his wife in front of him, he is reported to have added.

The assailants stole the couple’s valuables, including 10,000 rupees ($185) and a laptop computer, before fleeing into the woods.

Police have reportedly recovered some belongings stolen from the couple after raiding nearby villages, and say they now have the names of other suspects.

Conscious of the affect on India’s international image – battered by the Delhi gang-rape – the authorities are under pressure to resolve this case quickly, our Delhi correspondent says.

Indian police are still regularly criticised for failing to take other alleged rape cases seriously, despite the outcry over the safety of women in recent months, he adds. They are also often accused of using rough tactics to secure confessions.

On Monday, one of the Delhi rape suspects was found dead in prison. Police said Ram Singh hanged himself, but his family suspect he was murdered.



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1 thought on “LORD HAVE MERCY (LHM): Swiss Tourist Raped By Gang Men In India”

  1. A country where female child is been aborted,cos of their useless believes…

    Any way this is the result of useless population just like our neighbors who do kidnapping for a living.

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