Chandigarh: Six unidentified youths allegedly gangraped a 20-year-old German girl after kidnapping her from outside a prestigious hotel in the heart of Chandigarh on Saturday night.
The girl was picked up from the parking lot of hotel Taj by around six youths. According to the victim’s complaint to the police, the accused allegedly took her to an undisclosed location.
The victim alleged she, along with another German girlfriend, came to the city on September 23 in connection with the marriage of the friend with a city-based boy.
She told the police that on Saturday night she along with her friend and her husband went to hotel Taj for coffee.
When she came out for a smoke in the parking lot of the hotel, at least six youths waiting in a Scorpio jeep pulled her inside the vehicle and raped her at different places in the city.
Meanwhile, the vehicle registration number given by the victim to the police turned out to be that of an autorickshaw, police said.
Station House Officer (SHO) Kulwant Singh Pannu of the Sector 17 police station told PTI that the girl was being medically examined at a hospital in the city.
Meanwhile SSP Chandigarh, said “We are still waiting for medical report. Statement given by the girl in front of police & magistrate is that of attempted rape & she resisted Special cell & crime branch team has been constituted We have a few leads we are following. We are examining CCTV footage from Taj hotel. Apparently it was a spur of the moment action by the youths, it was not planned.”
He said that on the basis of the girl's complaint police registered a case of kidnapping, molestation and attempt to rape against six unidentified youths.
The incident took place on World Tourism Day when the Chandigarh Police and state tourism department launched the Tourist Police, a specialised 100-personnel strong unit, to help tourists and to ensure their security in the city.
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