Four arrested after Spanish blogger on India motorcycle tour gang-raped

Indian authorities have arrested four people suspected of being part of a group that gangraped a Spanish tourist and assaulted her partner.

The woman – whose identity was not revealed by the authorities – is a travel blogger with more than 200,000 followers on Instagram.

She was travelling with her partner in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand when the attack happened on Friday night.

The couple had stopped their motorbikes and set up a tent to pass the night in the state’s Dumka district before a group of seven men attacked them.

All the members of the group have been identified and the remaining suspects will be arrested “soon”, Jharkhand police chief Ajay Kumar Singh told The Indian Express newspaper.

“They had beaten us and robbed us, although not many things [were taken] because what they wanted was to rape me,” the 28-year-old woman said in an Instagram post.

In another post, her male partner said he was hit several times in the head with a helmet and that his “mouth is destroyed”.

A patrol car rescued the duo late on Friday night after the assault and escorted them to a local hospital.

The couple were touring South Asia and had concluded a trip to Sri Lanka before the Indian leg of their journey.

Sexual violence targeting women is common in India, with women from minority tribal communities being particularly at risk. Taboos around speaking up about the crime and low conviction rates of suspects add to the problem.

An average of nearly 90 rapes were reported in India every day, meaning one woman was raped every 18 minutes, in 2022, according to the National Crime Records Bureau, which recorded 31,516 rape cases that year.

talk2hb1:
India and Raping are 5&6

talk2hb1:

SIXFEETUNDER:
She would have been better in Nigeria than in Pooindia

Jeon:

Ehn, look at the hypocrites commenting.
As if Nigerian Men are way better than Indian Men.

muyico:
Why she go india? No perfect country!

Jeon:

Ehn, look at the hypocrites commenting.
As if Nigerian Men are way better than Indian Men.

Jeon:

Ehn, look at the hypocrites commenting.
As if Nigerian Men are way better than Indian Men.

Sirmwill:
India is waaaaaay better than Nigeria 🤝✨

Pathokpo:
These Indian perverts never cease to amaze me. They are one of the most sexually perverted individuals I have ever met. How Bollywood is able to portray the Indian society as being modest still baffles me. E hard die to see common kiss for Indian movies. This goes a long way to show that a county's movie is not a full reflection of it's society, but what they want you to see and believe.

Brandiebird:
White privilege is the reason they thought it would be a good idea to motorcycle 🏍️ across India. I hope they recover well. No other race of people think or even have such a privilege, but these are some of the smaller risks associated with their hobby, it could have been so much worse.

TUANKU:
In India rape is like a sport to Indian men,second in popularity to Cricket...same also with South Africa.
Bunch of savages.

jamesversion:


South Africa & India have 3 things in common. They love cricket, they co-formed BRICS and finally, their men love to rape women.

They love to rape so much it has become a national sport.

MzansiCoolio & TMKsouth, what you gonna say to that!