Nepali students not secured in India:
A Nepali student at
National Law School in the southern Indian city of Bangalore was ' gang-rape d'
on Saturday night, police said. The incident was revealed on Monday morning
after the victim in her early twenties registered a first information
report with Jnanabharathi Police Station.
Deputy Commissioner of
Police (West) in Bangalore, SN Siddaramappa, told the Post over the phone that
search for the culprits had been intensified. "We have arrested a number
of suspects. However, their involvement could not be immediately established,"
he added.
Siddaramappa informed that
the police were waiting for the victim's medical reports. "Results of the
medical tests are important but they are not the only criteria to establish
that rape has taken place. The victim's statement is the most important
thing--she has reported that she was gang-rape d
and, hence, we are moving ahead on that basis," said Siddaramappa.
Police have notified the
Nepali embassy in New Delhi about the incident. Embassy officials immediately
talked to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, requesting authorities to
look into the matter seriously.
"After receiving the
information, we have talked to the concerned officials and urged them to
bring the culprits to book as soon as possible," said Tirtha Raj Wagle,
counsellor at the Nepali embassy.
In the complaint lodged with
the police, the victim is said to have stated that she was raped by a gang
of eight miscreants. The gang attacked her male companion during a walk, before
dragging her to an isolated place to rape, Indian media have reported.
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