Young German charity worker raped while traveling on Indian train: report
A German teen was allegedly raped by a fellow passenger on an Indian train.
Tamil Nadu police arrested 22-year-old Chandan Kumar after an 18-year-old tourist accused him of sexual assault
The teenager was visiting India to volunteer with a non-governmental agency. She was traveling from Mangalore to Chennai on Jan. 10 using a RAC ticket, which is similar to a stand-by ticket. She and Kumar were assigned to share the lower berth of a two-tiered sleeper train.
The woman told police that Kumar waited until she fell asleep before making sexual advances. She was reportedly too terrified to shout for help.
She filed a complaint with the police on Jan. 13.
“The young lady took several days to muster courage to report to the police. Though it's too late for medical examination, we have handled the case in a very sensitive manner,”
The police tracked down Kumar, a carpenter from Bihar, after looking through the train’s passenger logs.
The latest allegation of rape comes close on the heels of another incident earlier this week.
A 51-year-old Danish tourist was robbed, beaten and gang-raped near a popular shopping area in New Delhi after she got lost and approached a group of men for directions back to her hotel, cops said. Fifteen men have been arrested in connection with that case, according to The Local.
The number of female tourists in India has dropped by one-third since 2012, after the brutal gang-rape of a 23-year-old Indian woman on a moving bus, the Independent reports.
The number of rapes reported in India has surged since the Delhi bus rape, suggesting that some women have found the courage to speak up about their ordeals. Between January and October last year, 1,330 rapes were reported in Delhi and its suburbs, compared with 706 for all of 2012, according to government figures.
The government has also taken measures to crack down on the violence — doubling prison terms, and criminalizing voyeurism and stalking.
With News Wire Services
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