Yoga teacher Pratik Agarwal, arrested for allegedly raping an American woman under the pretext of giving her a "tantric massage" in Pernem taluka of Goa, is already facing a trial in a similar case involving a Russian national.
"Agarwal was arrested in year 2015 for raping a Russian girl. The case was registered at Anjuna police station and he is already facing trial in the court," police inspector Rahul Parab told PTI today.
Agarwal (38) was arrested by Pernem police yesterday on the complaint of the American woman (32) that he had raped her at his School of Holistic Yoga and Ayurveda at Korgao village, where she had gone for yogic massage, on February 2.
The complainant had also claimed Agarwal had sexually assaulted her Canadian friend when the latter visited his place for a massage recently.
However, police said the Canadian was not raped.
"We have recorded statement of the Canadian girl who has claimed that she was not raped but her modesty was outraged by the accused," Parab said, adding a case is now registered against the Yoga teacher in this regard as well.
Parab said both the complaints are clubbed into a single FIR and investigation is on.
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