THE Indian Police have arrested three men and are looking for four others accused of attacking a tourist couple and gang-raping the woman, authorities and the couple said.
Police found the couple, who are Spanish nationals, at around 11pm (local time, 19:30 Greek time) on Friday on the side of a road and appeared to have been beaten, Pitaber Singh Kherwar told reporters on Saturday. , superintendent of police in Dumka, eastern India.
He did not release details of the crime or the names of the victims, adding that the two told authorities their “vulvas were violated” in an incident involving seven men.
The couple, whose names are Vicente and Fernanda, as they told Spanish television channel Antena 3, said in a video-link interview yesterday, Saturday, that the men raped Fernanda and repeatedly beat Vicente.
The couple said they had camped near where they were attacked because they could not find a hotel nearby.
“They raped me, one after the other, while some were watching, and they continued for about two hours,” Fernanda, who has Brazilian and Spanish citizenship, said in the interview.
Earlier at the weekend, the couple posted a video on their joint Instagram account describing what happened. On this account they post pictures of their motorcycle trips around the world and have almost 200,000 followers. This video is no longer available.
In a new video, Vicente and Fernanda, who has bruises on her face, thank their followers for their support.
The Spanish Foreign Ministry said today that it is sending personnel to the area and has been in contact with authorities, while the Brazilian Foreign Ministry said it has sought to contact the Brazilian citizen through the Brazilian embassy in New Delhi and is available to offer any relevant help.
Herwar, the director of the Dumka police, said yesterday, Saturday, that one of the persons arrested gave the authorities the names of the others involved. Herwar added that a forensics lab is assisting in the case.
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