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NEW DELHI — Five men have been arrested in connection with the alleged abduction and rape of a young Japanese woman who said she was held captive for 12 days, the Indian police said Saturday. NEW DELHI — Five men have been arrested in connection with the alleged abduction and rape of a Japanese woman who said she was held captive for 12 days, the Indian police said Saturday.
The woman said she had been lured to the Gaya district in the state of Bihar, the site of one of India’s holiest Buddhist temples, from Kolkata, formerly Calcutta, by a man posing as a tour guide. When they arrived at the destination, two others were waiting, she told police, saying those men held her at gunpoint and raped her. The young woman, who had been staying in Kolkata, said she had been lured by a man posing as a tour guide to travel to the Gaya district in the state of Bihar, the site of one of India’s holiest Buddhist temples, according to the Kolkata police. When she arrived in Gaya, two other men were waiting, she told police, saying the two held her at gunpoint and raped her.
The police said the episode occurred sometime after her arrival in Kolkata on Nov. 20. The police said the episode occurred sometime after her arrival in Kolkata on Nov. 20 and that she had first been taken to Digha, a resort in West Bengal by men involved in the case. The Press Trust of India, a news service, quoted the police as saying that she had been forced to remove money from her bank account.
Anxiety in India over violence against women has been especially high since the December 2012 gang rape of a young Indian woman on a Delhi bus that was so brutal she died of her injuries. Anxiety in India over violence against women has been very high since the December 2012 gang rape of an Indian woman on a Delhi bus, an attack so brutal that she died of her injuries.
Reported details of the latest case, including how long the woman was held, varied widely as the police continued their investigation Saturday. It was unclear how two of the five men were involved in the case. Details of the latest case, including how long the woman was reportedly held, varied widely as the police continued their investigation Saturday. It was unclear how two of the five men were involved in the case.
The police said that at least some of the men were posing as tour guides and reported that at least one spoke Japanese. The police said that at least one of the five men spoke Japanese and that two were brothers.
A senior police official in Kolkata, Pallab Kanti Ghosh, said Saturday that after being held for nearly two weeks, the woman went to the city of Varanasi, where she found a group of Japanese tourists and told them what had happened. She then returned to Kolkata, where she contacted the Japanese Consulate, which put her in touch with the police in late December, Mr. Ghosh said. A senior police official in Kolkata, Pallab Kanti Ghosh, said on Saturday that after being held, the woman went to the city of Varanasi, where she told a group of Japanese tourists what had happened. She then returned to Kolkata and the Japanese Consulate put her in touch with the police in late December, Mr. Ghosh said.
Among the men arrested, according to the Gaya police, were brothers, Shajeed Khan, 32, and Javed Khan, 25, but it was not clear what role they played. It remained unclear if she had been released by the men or had escaped.