The group rape of the Spanish woman occurred in the Dumka district, in India. She was camping with her husband when they were attacked.
A Spanish influencer of Brazilian origin who was traveling with her husband in the district of Dumkain the state of Jharkhand, Indiareported that a group of seven men raped her. The incident would have occurred when they stopped to camp in the middle of their motorcycle trip in a remote area in the east of the country.
Days ago, three of those involved in the alleged attack were arrested and, in their statement, they mentioned five more names. With that information they found the other suspects, which is why, as stated Pitamber Singh Kherwarsenior local police official, ““We have arrested eight culprits in total.”.
Gang rape in India: all suspects arrested
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“So far there have been eight arrests in connection with the alleged gang rape of a Spanish woman,” said the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency, citing police sources.
Kherwar said if convicted, these men will face a “strict punishment“We are building a solid case against them,” he added. The senior local police official had declared on Monday that a special team was in charge to examine the scene of the attack and that a second team was looking for the other suspects.
According to NDTV, the authorities They compensated the couple with $12,000within the framework of a “victim compensation plan.”
The reaction of the woman attacked in India after the arrest of her alleged attackers
Following the arrest of the eight suspects, the woman posted a message on Instagram and thanked the police for their “efficiency“. Besides, asked for justice for all the women “who also go through that” since “we all deserve the same.”
In Indiain the year 2022, an average of 90 rapes daily, according to the national crime registry office. However, many assaults are not reported by the stigma that victims usually suffer and lack of confidence in the work of the police.
Besides, no convictions were issued and many of the cases end stuck in the country’s overloaded judicial system. But, in 2012, the case of a student who was the victim of a gang rape and then murdered made headlines around the world.
The case brought to the fore the high levels of sexual violence in India and led to weeks of protests and a change in legislation, to punish the crime of rape with the death penalty.
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