A 51-year-old Danish tourist was allegedly robbed and gangraped at knife-point near New Delhi railway station in the heart of the national capital by around six men, in a grim reminder of the 13-month-old shocking incident here.
Two persons were arrested tonight in connection with yesterday's incident. They were identified as Mahender alias Ganja (25), a resident of Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur district and Raja, a senior Delhi Police official said.
Police have recovered an i-pod, ear plug, Nokia mobile worth Rs 1,200 (purchased out of robbed cash), Rs 800 cash from Mahender's possession while a spectacle case and Rs 1,000 cash was recovered from Raja, police said.
The victim, who had come to India on January 1, lost her way to her hotel in Paharganj yesterday following which she approached a group of six men asking for directions.
They took her to a secluded place, robbed her of her belongings and took turns to rape her at knife point, she told the police.
After recording her statement with police, the woman has flown back to Denmark this afternoon, promising to extend her cooperation in the case. She refused to undergo any medical examination.
The victim said she went to Agra from where she returned on Monday and checked in a hotel in Paharganj area of central Delhi.
"Yesterday, she had gone to visit a museum near Connaught Place. On her way back to the hotel at around 4 pm, she lost her way. As she was looking for directions, a group of men allegedly waylaid her to a secluded place where they first robbed her cash, iPad and other valuables on knife-point and then took turns to rape her," said a police official.
Once they fled from the spot, she somehow reached her hotel around 7 PM. The victim first narrated her ordeal to some fellow tourists in the hotel and then approached the manager, who in turn called the police around 8:30 PM.
Police registered a case of gangrape under section 376 G (2) of IPC and robbery. The Danish Embassy was also informed.
The woman was then taken to the Embassy after recording her statement with the police. She was visibly dazed after the incident and had bruises over her face and body, police said.
"Although she didn't undergo a medical test here, she can have a test in Denmark and its report can be sent to us. We also have other evidence in the case and we are sure that we would be able to crack it very soon," investigators said.
"We have identified the culprits, all of them are vagabonds, they would be nabbed soon," they said.
A 23-year-old para-medical student was brutally assaulted and gang raped by six persons in a moving bus on December 16, 2012, triggering a nationwide outrage. The victim died in a Singapore hospital on December 29.
