70-YEAR-OLD FRENCH WOMAN RAPED AT LODGE IN VARANASI

A 70-year-old Frenchwoman, who raised awareness about the importance of education among women, was allegedly raped by an inebriated guard in her room at a lodge in Varanasi’s Madhopur village on Wednesday. The woman had been staying at a lodge near Shooltankehswar ghat along the Ganges for the last 11 months, and had been associated with an NGO in raising awareness among rural women about importance of education.