Days after Spanish woman gangraped, Another incident in Jharkhand
a stage performer has accused three men of spiking her drink and gangraping her in the state's Palamu district
Days after a Spanish tourist was allegedly gang-raped in Jharkhand's Dumka, a stage performer has accused three men of spiking her drink and gangraping her in the state's Palamu district. Police have arrested two accused and one is on the run.
The 21-year-old survivor is recovering at a government-run hospital. She has told police that she is a resident of Chhattisgarh and had come to Palamu to perform in an orchestra event.
The survivor said that Golu, one of the accused, runs an orchestra group in Palamu. He had called her and her sister for a performance at a wedding on Saturday. The survivor said she had worked with Golu earlier.
The performance, she said, was canceled and Golu brought them to his home. The two sisters were given separate rooms. Golu then offered cold drinks to them. The survivor has alleged that her drink was spiked. She has told police that she was intoxicated, but awake. Golu and two others repeatedly raped her in that state, she has alleged. "It was dawn. They had mixed something in my drink and three men raped me," she said in a statement from the hospital bed.
The Palamu case comes days after Jharkhand made headlines for the shocking violence against a Spanish couple traveling through the state. The Spanish woman has alleged that they were staying in a tent when some men assaulted her husband and gangraped her. An official has told a news agency that at least seven people were involved in the incident.
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