Friday, 17 January 2014

India police arrest third suspect in Danish woman rape case!


Police in the Indian capital say they have arrested a third man in connection with the gang rape of a Danish woman. Two men have already been detained over the incident and some of the woman's belongings recoveredThe 51-year-old tourist was attacked by a group of men in the Paharganj area on Tuesday evening. Police say she was robbed and raped at knifepoint.


The hotel in Delhi where the Danish woman was staying
The Danish woman was staying at a hotel in a busy backpacker district
A Delhi police official said the third suspect was arrested from the city's busy Nizamuddin area on Thursday. The two homeless men who were held late on Wednesday in connection with the incident have been remanded in police custody. Some of the woman's belongings, including an iPad, a mobile phone and some cash, were recovered from themThe police said they were hunting for five other suspects - "young men, mostly vagabonds" - who allegedly assaulted the victim for almost three hours at knife-point.

The Danish woman told police that she approached the group of men after losing her way as she returned to her hotel in a busy backpacker district near New Delhi Railway Station. Media reports said the woman was gagged, beaten up and raped by the men.
Meanwhile, the woman flew out of India on Wednesday morning.

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