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| Arrests after US tourist alleges she was drugged and gang raped in India Arrests after US tourist alleges she was drugged and gang raped in India | |
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| Indian police arrested four men on Monday on suspicion of drugging and raping an American tourist who visited Delhi earlier this year. | Indian police arrested four men on Monday on suspicion of drugging and raping an American tourist who visited Delhi earlier this year. |
| The 25-year-old woman alleges that during the April trip she given spiked water in her hotel room and sexually assaulted by five men over two days. | The 25-year-old woman alleges that during the April trip she given spiked water in her hotel room and sexually assaulted by five men over two days. |
| She returned to the US but “had no memory of what happened to me while I was in India,” the woman told NDTV. “I regained my memory three months later around the end of July and that’s when I took action.” | She returned to the US but “had no memory of what happened to me while I was in India,” the woman told NDTV. “I regained my memory three months later around the end of July and that’s when I took action.” |
| Police launched a formal investigation earlier this month after the woman filed a complaint through an American charity. | Police launched a formal investigation earlier this month after the woman filed a complaint through an American charity. |
| A Delhi police spokesman, Dependra Pathak, said the suspects included a tour guide, a cleaner, a driver and an another employee of the Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotel. | A Delhi police spokesman, Dependra Pathak, said the suspects included a tour guide, a cleaner, a driver and an another employee of the Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotel. |
| The victim had recorded her testimony and will return to the US on Tuesday evening, Pathak said. The woman said the arrests were a “positive step”. | The victim had recorded her testimony and will return to the US on Tuesday evening, Pathak said. The woman said the arrests were a “positive step”. |
| The suspects, all aged between 20 and 24, have told investigators they are being falsely accused, the Press Trust of India reported. | The suspects, all aged between 20 and 24, have told investigators they are being falsely accused, the Press Trust of India reported. |
| The alleged assault as one of the latest in a series of sex attacks on foreigners in India, reigniting concerns about women’s safety in the country. | The alleged assault as one of the latest in a series of sex attacks on foreigners in India, reigniting concerns about women’s safety in the country. |
| A 35-year-old Japanese tourist was raped in southern India last month. | A 35-year-old Japanese tourist was raped in southern India last month. |
| In June, five men were jailed for life for gang-raping a 52-year-old Danish tourist in New Delhi in 2014. | In June, five men were jailed for life for gang-raping a 52-year-old Danish tourist in New Delhi in 2014. |
| India introduced tough laws against sex offenders in the wake of the fatal gang-rape of a student in the capital in December 2012 that sparked mass street protests. | India introduced tough laws against sex offenders in the wake of the fatal gang-rape of a student in the capital in December 2012 that sparked mass street protests. |
| But high levels of sexual violence against women continue. | But high levels of sexual violence against women continue. |