{"id":258295,"date":"2025-03-13T13:05:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T13:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/13\/british-woman-allegedly-raped-by-man-in-delhi-hotel-room\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T13:05:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T13:05:06","slug":"british-woman-allegedly-raped-by-man-in-delhi-hotel-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/13\/british-woman-allegedly-raped-by-man-in-delhi-hotel-room\/","title":{"rendered":"British woman allegedly raped by man in Delhi hotel room"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A man has been arrested on suspicion of raping a British woman at a hotel in Delhi, Indian police have said.<\/p>\n

Officers have also arrested a second man who is accused of trying to silence the woman when she resisted the alleged rape and molesting her.<\/p>\n

The woman, from London, is said to have met up with the alleged rapist, named in India as Kailash, after making friends with him online a few months ago.<\/p>\n

The alleged victim was on holiday in the western state of Goa when the 24-year-old suspect, from Vasundhara in east Delhi, is said to have told her he was unable to travel and invited her to meet him.<\/p>\n

The woman is then reported to have travelled around 1,200 miles to Delhi and checked into a hotel in the village of Mahipalpur on Tuesday night before arranging to meet with Kailash.<\/p>\n

The rape suspect is said to have arrived with his friend Wasim before the three of them had dinner.<\/p>\n

They are then reported to have headed to her hotel room.<\/p>\n

Kailash is then accused of raping her while Wasim is alleged to have tried to silence her when she resisted.<\/p>\n

Wasim is also accused of molesting the woman.<\/p>\n

The alleged victim has told police Kailash struggled to speak in English and used Google Translate to communicate with her.<\/p>\n

Both of the men have since been taken from a police station in Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, to appear before a magistrate.<\/p>\n

Police in Delhi have said: “A man was arrested on charges of rape with a British woman in a Mahipalpur hotel in Delhi. His accomplice was arrested on charges of molestation.”<\/p>\n

A UK Foreign Office spokesperson said: “We are supporting a British woman in India and are in touch with the local authorities.”<\/p>\n

It comes after an Israeli and Indian woman were allegedly raped in the town of Koppal in the southwest Indian state of Karnataka.<\/p>\n

The women and three male friends, an American and two Indians, were stargazing when three men on a motorbike approached them and asked for money, according to police.<\/p>\n

An altercation took place before the men who were on the bike are said to have pushed the male tourists into a canal.<\/p>\n

The three attackers are then accused of raping the two women.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, one of the Indian men in the canal drowned while the other two managed to swim to safety.<\/p>\n

Police have arrested two suspects in connection with the alleged gang rape.<\/p>\n

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India’s problem with sexual violence<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to the National Crime Records Bureau in India, police recorded 31,516 rape cases in India in 2022, a 20% increase from 2021.<\/p>\n

The real numbers could be far higher due to the stigma surrounding sexual violence and victims’ lack of faith in police.<\/p>\n

Rape and sexual violence have been under the spotlight in India since the 2012 gang-rape and brutal murder of a 23-year-old student in Delhi.<\/p>\n

The crime shocked the nation and mass protests took place across the country against the dangers women face.<\/p>\n

The protests forced the government to enact new laws, change old ones and make the punishment for rape more severe.<\/p>\n

Special courts have been established to try such cases in a timely period.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the age at which people could be tried for rape as an adult was lowered from 18 to 16.<\/p>\n

In 2018, the Indian government approved the death penalty for people convicted of raping children under 12.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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