Five Indian men arrested for 'forcing Japanese tourist to be their sex slave'
Japanese tourist was allegedly held in basement for almost a month where she has been gang-raped in latest high-profile attack in the nation
Five men have been arrested over the alleged gang-rape and extortion of a Japanese tourist in India as more details emerged of her confinement in a basement where she was allegedly held as a sex slave for nearly a month.
The 22-year-old's ordeal began in Kolkata, capital of West Bengal state, where she was befriended by three local men shortly after arriving on November 20, one of the city's top police officers said. Police named the men as Japani Sahid, Sabir and Wasim Khan, according to Hindustan Times.
The men, one of whom spoke Japanese, first managed to persuade her to withdraw around US$1,200 in cash before travelling with her to the holy Buddhist shrine of Bodh Gaya in the neighbouring state of Bihar.
There she was then handed over to two brothers, Sahid Khan and Javed Khan, who allegedly locked her in a secluded underground room and repeatedly raped her for nearly a month.
