Tourist couple alleges gang rape, attack in India, sparking fury as 3 men arrested
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Police in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand are still searching for four more suspects in connection with the gang rape of a Spanish-Brazilian tourist.
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Police in India have arrested three suspects and are searching for four more in connection with the alleged gang rape of a Spanish-Brazilian tourist on Friday night.
The woman and her husband, who was also beaten by the attackers, were travelling through the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand on motorbikes prior to the attack, police told reporters on Saturday.
The tourist couple stopped to camp along a roadside in the Dumka district, where they were later assailed by seven men. Following the attack, police in the region said the couple flagged down a patrol car and were brought to a medical centre for treatment.
News of the brutal assault has fuelled outrage in India and beyond about sexual violence targeting women, foreign and national, in the country.
On Sunday, two days after the attack, police detained three men who were escorted into a district court in Dumka wearing ropes around their waists and black bags over their heads. Police have yet to confirm the suspects’ identities.
CBS News reported the Spanish-Brazilian woman and her husband, who is also a Spanish citizen, were present in the courthouse.
Pitamber Singh Kherwar, the superintendent of police in Dumka, told Reuters the authorities have assembled a team of officers and forensic officials to bring the remaining suspects to justice. He said one of the detained suspects provided police with the names of other people involved in the crime.
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