3 arrested in India after Spanish tourist gang-raped during trip with husband, police looking for more suspects
- The couple were on a motorcycle trip through the nation’s remote east, media reports said. The woman is being treated in hospital
- An average of nearly 90 rapes were reported in India every day in 2022, but many go unreported due to stigma and a lack of faith in police investigations
Three men were arrested on Saturday after the gang rape of a Spanish tourist on a motorbike trip through India’s remote east with her husband, local media reports said.
The attack took place on Friday night in the Dumka district of the eastern state of Jharkhand, where the couple had stopped to camp the night in a tent.
The woman was able to reach a police patrol van at around 11pm and was taken to hospital for treatment, police officer Pitamber Singh Kherwar told The Times of India newspaper.
Kherwar said police had detained three people in connection with the attack and were on the hunt for more suspects.
The woman was being treated at a local hospital in Dumka and an investigation is underway, reports said.
An average of nearly 90 rapes were reported in India every day in 2022, according to data by the National Crime Records Bureau.