NEW DELHI - A man was arrested Sunday for allegedly raping a
Japanese tourist at a popular beach resort in southern India, in the latest
case of sexual assault against a visitor.
The 35-year-old woman was found bleeding by hotel staff in
the town of Kovalam early Sunday and is undergoing treatment at a hospital in
the Kerala state capital Thiruvananthapuram.
The woman sustained internal injuries but doctors have
declared her out of danger.
Police identified the accused as a 25-year-old whose family
runs a handicrafts store in the tourist hotspot. "He has been sent to
judicial custody and we are waiting for the victim to recover to record her
full statement," local police officer Vipin Kumar told AFP.
Japanese officials in New Delhi have been informed about the
incident, he said.
The woman came to India two weeks ago and arrived in the
beach town on Saturday, hours before the alleged assault took place.
It was unclear how the two met, police said.
Sexual attacks on tourists in India are widespread, with
several western countries warning visitors about the risk.
Last year a Japanese woman was drugged and raped by a
tourist guide in the western city of Jaipur, less than a month after six men
gang-raped a 22-year-old Japanese tourist in the eastern city of Kolkata.
An Indian court in June convicted five men for gang-raping a
52-year-old Danish tourist in New Delhi in 2014. They were jailed for life.
India is facing intense scrutiny over its efforts to curb
violence against women in general following the fatal gang rape of an Indian
medical student in New Delhi in December 2012, which sparked a global outcry.
This news was published in The Nation newspaper. Read
complete newspaper of 28-Nov-2016 here.
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