PUNJABBOUND TOURIST RAPED IN DELHI HOTEL

A 22-year-old American woman of Indian origin was allegedly intoxicated and raped by a merchant navy official in central Delhi’s Paharganj area on May 16.

The woman came to the country in December for a family wedding and stayed back to tour north India.

She reached Delhi on May 13 and checked into a hotel in Paharganj, where she met three men whom she befriended. According to police, the accused, Jaswant Singh, who was arrested from Paharganj on May 24, was an aide of the three.

“The woman stated the men also introduced her to their other friends, while her American friends left for home. On May 16, when she was to leave for Patiala to meet a relative, they insisted she stay back,” said a police official. “She alleged that the men got drinks and made her consume a lot of liquor till she was completely intoxicated,” the official added.