Ranchi,Mar 03, 2024 : A woman from Spain was gang-raped in disturbed Jharkhand state in India.The incident took place when the tourist couple was spending the night at a makeshift tent at Kurumahat in Hansdiha police station of Dumka district of the state.The couple had reached Indian city Dumka from Bangladesh on two motorcycles and was en route to Bihar and then Nepal.
The survivor has been admitted to a hospital, the Indian police official said.
The Spanish couple told doctors about the incident of sexual assault.
Dumka Civil Surgeon Baccha Prasad Singh told PTI that the woman, aged around 28, and her 64-year-old husband were undergoing treatment at Phulo Jhano Medical College and Hospital in Dumka where they reached on motorcycles from Saraiyahat Community Health Centre, covering a distance of about 60 km with police escort.
“Both are out of danger and are undergoing treatment at the hospital. The man has sustained minor injuries. The medical examination of the victim will be done by a medical board comprising three gynaecologists, a radiologist, an orthopaedic and a dentist, headed by superintendent of the medical college, Dr Anupuran Purti,” the civil surgeon said.
Meanwhile, an official, on condition of anonymity, said seven to eight local youths were involved in the incident.
Meanwhile, the India’s NIA has arrested a Popular Front of India (PFI) member, Ghouse Nayazi at the Mumbai airport on his arrival from Tanzania. Agencies