Days after a Spanish travel vlogger shared that she was allegedly gang-raped in Jharkhand’s Dumka while on a bike tour across India with her husband, several other tourists talked about their experiences of travelling alone in India as women.
The Spanish woman and her husband were on a bike tour across India and the incident reportedly happened when they were resting inside a tent in a deserted area in Kurmahat village. The woman was allegedly raped by seven men on Friday night.
An investigation was swiftly initiated into the incident and four people were been arrested while a search to nab the rest of the accused is underway. The Jharkhand Police has also handed over a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the couple.
“We did a fast investigation and from the side of district administration, we are providing all the help to them (rape survivor and husband). Under the victim compensation scheme, we have given them Rs 10 lakh. We will try for a speedy trial and conviction of the accused,” Anjaneyulu Dodde, Deputy Commissioner, told ANI on Monday.
As the couple continued to share their experience and the updates regarding the case on social media platforms on a daily basis, they said that they received “absurd comments” that they brought this situation on themselves by visiting India.
Defending India, in a post in Spanish, the couple said, “(India) is a great country and worth visiting. It has its good things and its bad things… And thanks to the police and everyone.”
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“The point is that a rape or a robbery can happen to you, to your brother, to your mother, to your daughter, to anyone. No one is free from that, in any country in the world. It has happened in Spain, many times. It has happened all over the world… There are violations in all countries in Spain, Brazil, America… So don’t talk nonsense that it’s because we are in India,” they said.
“…We ask that justice be done, not only for us but also for all the other women and girls who have gone through this…We are two strong people and this is not going to break us. Not at all…We will not stop living and hiding at home in fear because of these scum,” they added.
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The husband of the rape survivor also thanked the police for the very “fast investigation”.
According to the police, the Spanish woman was gang-raped in Hansdiha police station limits when she was en route to Nepal from West Bengal.
