Saudi diplomat booked for gangrape, Indian police free woman, daughter

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A diplomat from Saudi Arabia is among those booked for gangrape and wrongful confinement after two women — a woman, 44, and her daughter, 20, from Nepal — were rescued from his residence in Gurgaon after a raid on Monday night, police said.

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“The raid was conducted on Monday at the Caitriona Towers house of a senior diplomat in the Saudi Arabia embassy after a tip-off. Several policewomen were assaulted by the guards of the diplomat when the police team sought to rescue the two maids from Nepal who had been held hostage for more than a month,” said Rajesh Kumar Chechi, Gurgaon Assistant Commissioner of Police (Crime).

“They (the victims) were brought to the police station and later sent to the civil hospital for a medical examination that confirmed rape and sexual assault,” said Chechi.

While the diplomat is untraceable since the raid, he has been booked under sections 376 D (gangrape), 376 (rape), 377 (unnatural offence), 342 (wrongful confinement), 120 B (criminal conspiracy), 323 (causing hurt), 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). However, no arrest has been made so far.

The diplomat’s wife, two others from Saudi Arabia and others have also been listed as accused.

When contacted, Saudi Ambassador Saud Mohammed Alsati told The Indian Express, “This is completely false. We would not like to comment any further since the case is under investigation by the Indian police.”

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The victims reportedly said that on one occasion they were “gangraped by six expats” in the Gurgaon apartment.

According to the police, the diplomat’s wife was aware of the sexual assault and even supported her husband.

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The women were reportedly lured to Delhi about four months ago by a woman trafficker who promised them a well-paid job in Saudi Arabia.

http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/saudi-diplomat-booked-for-gangrape-police-free-woman-daughter-from-his-gurgaon-home/

[Jacque67 7,328]

Not surprised. Money is powerful.., nothing to do with race.

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Not surprised. Money is powerful.., nothing to do with race.

Not race, but it does have a lot to do with culture. The consular district in New Delhi sees a lot of incidents like this, mostly from Arab embassies/consulates. Europe has money. America has money. Japan/Korea have money. But incidents like this tend to come mostly from cultures that are more sexually repressed (the high incidence of rape by rural youth working in Indian cities is another example).

[JohnR! 5,495]

It's not an isolated episode...

http://www.more.com/news/india-rape-capital-world

Americans are reading with horror as sexual assault after sexual assault unfolds in India. It’s easy to wonder, “What’s wrong with that country?” But we should be asking what’s wrong with the United States, too.

Rape and violence against women are a massive problem in India. According to the country's National Crime Record Bureau, crimes against women have increased by 7.1 percent since 2010. The number of rapes reported has also risen. Nearly one in three rape victims in India is under the age of 18. One in 10 are under 14. Every 20 minutes in India, a woman is raped.

And yet India only ranks third for the number of rapes reported each year. What country ranks first? The United States. In India, a country of over 1.2 billion people, 24,206 rapes were reported in 2011. The same year in the United States, a nation of 300 million, 83,425 rapes were reported. In the United States, every 6.2 minutes a woman is raped.

Even if sexual assault in India is dramatically underreported, which most likely it is, the statistical difference is still striking—as is our uniquely American inclination to dismiss such monstrous human rights violations as problems that other countries face. Not only is violence against women a global pandemic but the United States may be leading the pack.

Oh, but you think, women who've been sexually assaulted in America are better treated. Rape victims in India, especially in rural villages, are often subject to shaming and considered unfit for marriage. But meanwhile, in Steubenville, Ohio, two young men who were convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl too intoxicated to consent continue to be defended as upstanding football players while the reputation of the young woman is smeared. When the verdict was announced, a CNN reporter came close to portraying the rapists as passive victims: “These two young men that had such promising futures, star football players, very good students, literally watched as they believed their lives fell apart.” Other media coverage seemed equally sympathetic to the perpetrators.

Meanwhile, the victim was blamed. Early on, one of the 19 coaches of the Steubenville High football team said the victim was just making up the rape. The victim and her family had to get police protection due to the level of threats against them. Two weeks ago, a prominent local activitist in Steubenville spoke about the “alleged victim” (even though the allegations had turned into a conviction) and suggested, according to a reporter, that the victim “might have been a willing participant”. Meanwhile, the woman who broke the story of the rape—she is a local blogger—has been harassed and threatened.

Isolated incident of smearing and shaming the victim? Afraid not. Just weeks after the Steubenville story broke, two high school football players in Torrington, Connecticut were accused of raping a 13-year-old girl. The response? Dozens of people from the town took to social media to berate and blame the 13-year-old accuser.

[Jacque67 7,328]

Not race, but it does have a lot to do with culture. The consular district in New Delhi sees a lot of incidents like this, mostly from Arab embassies/consulates. Europe has money. America has money. Japan/Korea have money. But incidents like this tend to come mostly from cultures that are more sexually repressed (the high incidence of rape by rural youth working in Indian cities is another example).

I get your point. Rape can be a difficult concept. I have witnessed many pretty girls working for model agencies "agree" to be in a threesome with a powerful client and his gf. Was she raped? No idea, but Monet played a part...

[TBoneTX 43,057]

I didn't know that gangrape was oneword.

[Ban Hammer 12,835]

I get your point. Rape can be a difficult concept. I have witnessed many pretty girls working for model agencies "agree" to be in a threesome with a powerful client and his gf. Was she raped? No idea, but Monet played a part...

we must ban artists....