Spanish woman gangraped in Jharkhand shares shocking details with the police, incident lasted 2.5 hours Jharkhand Police arrest 5 accused in gangrape case, a total of 8 apprehended so far
The Spanish woman who was allegedly gangraped by 7 men in Jharkhand’s Dumka district has shared some shocking details with the police in the FIR report. The travel vlogger was allegedly threatened with a dagger, kicked, punched, and then raped. Furthermore, she also said that the entire incident continued for almost two and a half hours, The Indian Express has reported citing the police FIR.
On Tuesday, the Jharkhand Police arrested 5 other accused who were on the run in the case of gang rape and assault with a Spanish woman, an official said as reported by PTI. With this, so far, a total of 8 accused have been apprehended.
The 28-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped at Kurumahat in Hansdiha police station area, around 300 km from state capital Ranchi, on 1 March when she was spending the night in a tent along with her husband, police said as reported by PTI. “We chose the place for the night stay because it was calm and beautiful. We thought it would be okay if we lived there alone,” she said.
Coming back to the FIR, the woman said that the incident took place between 7.30 pm to 10 pm. She added that three men quarrelled with her husband and then attacked him and tied his hands, as per the TIE report. She also said that “after showing me a dagger,” the other four grabbed and picked her up forcibly. She was thrown to the ground and was kicked, punched, and raped by the seven men repeatedly. “All of them seemed to be slightly drunk,” she stated in the FIR as reported by the daily. In the FIR, she also stated that all their personal belonging from credit cards, ₹11,000, and $300 US were snatched by the seven men. Other items like a Swiss knife, a watch, a platinum diamond ring, a silver ring, earpods, black purse were also stolen.
“Around 7 pm, while we were inside our tent, we heard some suspicious voices. As soon as we came out of the tent, we saw two people talking on the phone. Around 7.30 pm, a few people came on two motorcycles. They stopped at the tent and murmured ‘Hello friends’. We came out of our tent by lighting our head torch and saw five people rushing towards (us) and two more people moving towards our tent. They were talking in the local language and were also using a few English words in between,” the FIR quotes her as reported by The Indian Express.
‘No complaints against people of India’, says Spanish woman
On Tuesday she said that she has no complaints against the people of India as she has safely travelled around 20,000 km across the country. While speaking to reporters before leaving for Nepal via Bihar along with her husband on their motorcycles, she said she would continue her world tour. “People of India are nice. I don’t blame the people, but I blame the criminals. People of India have treated me very well, and were very kind to me,” she said as quoted by PTI. Dumka’s Superintendent of Police Pitamber Singh Kherwar said that they are taking the help of the CID and forensic team to investigate the case. “We will ensure stringent punishment to the accused through a speedy trial,” the SP said.
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