Five West Bengal guides held for raping Japanese woman
The wife of one of the accused was a Japanese national
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2015-01-03 06:53 GMT
Kolkata: Five guides were arrested by the Kolkata police’s detective department on Friday on charges of gangraping and molesting a Japanese tourist.
Shabbir Khan, Wasim Khan and Shahid Iqbal were held from Central Kolkata whereas Javed Khan and Sajid Khan were arrested from Bodh Gaya on Friday. The wife of one of the accused was a Japanese national and they used to lure female Japanese tourists with her help.
On November 23, Shabbir, Wasim and Shahid took the 24-year-old woman to Digha on a tour and molested her. They withdrew Rs 76,000 from her bank account and threatened her at gunpoint before bringing her to Kolkata.
In December, Javed and Sajid took the victim to Bodh Gaya and gangraped her. On December 26 she lodged complaint with the detective department.