The Police of India He declared this on Tuesday all suspects were arrested involved in Attack and rape of a Spanish influencer and the attack on his partner last Friday in northeast India. The victims testified for the last time and continued their journey to Nepal, under heavy police custody.
“We have arrested all the people involved in the case,” Pitamber Singh Kherwar, police superintendent of Dumka, a remote region of Jharkhand state, where the incident occurred, told EFE.
Four more suspects were arrested last nightWhich brings the total to eight the people allegedly involved in the crime, Kherwal added.
The couple of expert travellers, who have been traveling the world on motorbikes for several years, had set up a tent in a field in a village of Dumka to spend the night on Friday, when around midnight a group of men attacked them.
The case has received great media attention, also because it involves foreigners, which is why the police have formed two special investigation teams to collect all possible evidence.
The Spanish couple He left the Asian country this Tuesday headed for Nepal, after making new statements to the police. The officers were present at the official house, where the victims were staying, to deliver the medical tests carried out on the woman after the rape, as well as collecting further statements to continue with the judicial procedures.
The Spanish couple continued their trip to Nepal by motorbike. Photo: EFEThe victims offered further statements for at least two hours, EFE reported. Then the couple left, dressed in suits and ties, on board their motorcycles and with all their belongings, to undertake a trip of about two days in the Himalayan country.
The authorities offered the couple a police team to escort them on the Jharkhand state border, the source added.
The law establishes severe penalties for rape, most of which do not include the possibility of bail. A rape under the Indian Penal Code is punishable with not less than 10 years in prison, while a gang rape can be punished with up to life imprisonment.
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The attack occurred while she was crossing the Asian country with her husband.
The Supreme Court deals with the case of the raped Spanish tourist
The Jharkhand state Supreme Court ruled on the case on Tuesday, considering its strong national and international repercussions. “Crimes of any kind against a foreign national can have serious national and international repercussions, including the impact on the country’s tourism economy. A sexual offense against a foreign woman is likely to generate negative publicity against the country and thus tarnish India’s image in the world,” the court said.
There is another arrested for the gang rape. Photo: EFEAn order issued yesterday, to which EFE had access today, allows the court to act on the case without it being necessary for it to have been previously examined by a subordinate court.
Concerned about the country’s image, “the court takes suo moto cognizance of the rape episode” and orders the initiation of an appeal in which the main authorities of the State, the regional Minister of the Interior and the police chief of the Dumka district, site of the attack, in charge of the investigation.
The Jharkhand High Court has sought response from the parties by March 7. So far the case is under the jurisdiction of a subordinate court which, according to the judicial process, will be able to bring the case to a conclusion once the police investigation is concluded within the next 30 days.
Source: Clarin
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