A Spanish travel vlogger, allegedly gangraped in Jharkhand’s Dumka on Friday night, shared the harrowing incident in an Instagram post. Displaying visible bruises on her face, she conveyed the message in a video in Spanish, stating, “Seven men have raped me.”
The woman and her partner, who had travelled from Bangladesh to Dumka on two motorcycles with plans to continue to Bihar and then Nepal, encountered the incident during their travels.
“We are in the hospital, and something happened to us that we wouldn’t wish on anyone. Seven men raped me, and they have beaten us and robbed us, although not many things (were taken) because what they wanted was to rape me. We are in the hospital with the police, it happened tonight in India,” the 28-year-old Spanish travel vlogger shared in her video post on IG, where she has almost 2 lakh followers.
“They attacked us, beat us, put a knife to our necks and said they were going to kill us…There were seven people…,” she added.
The incident occurred at Kurumahat in the Hansdiha police station area, approximately 300 km from Ranchi, on Friday when the couple were spending the night at a makeshift tent.
“The woman and the man stopped a patrol van around midnight. Initially, the patrolling party did not understand much of the incident because the woman was speaking partly in English and partly in Spanish. They were taken to a nearby health centre,” Dumka Superintendent of Police Pitamber Singh Kherwar said. “The doctors then informed the police that the woman had been raped. I received a call around 1.30 am and rushed to the spot for verification,” he added.
Four held so far
Jharkhand Director General of Police Ajay Kumar Singh informed that all seven accused had been identified and that four had been arrested. “The remaining three will be arrested soon,” Singh told The Indian Express.
Dumka District Civil Surgeon B P Singh noted that, according to the doctor who treated her, the woman did not exhibit any “apparent injuries.”
However, her partner posted on social media said, “My mouth is destroyed, but my partner is worse than me. They have hit me with the helmet several times, with a stone on the head, thank goodness she was wearing the jacket and that stops the blows a little.”
The woman said in her complaint that she had pitched her tent in a deserted area near Hansdiha market. While she was sleeping, some local youths entered the tent and took turns raping her, the woman added. The accused also beat her up, according to her complaint. Following the incident, she was admitted to Saraiyahat CHC for treatment. An investigation into the case is underway.
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