Brazilian biker gangraped by 7 men in Jharkhand’s Dumka. Cops say 3 held, ‘all accused identified’

Woman and her partner were on their way to Nepal when they decided to set up camp for the night at Kurumahat under Hansdiha police station area in Jharkhand’s Dumka district.

BISMEE TASKIN, 02 March, 2024, New Delhi: Partner were on their way to Nepal when they decided to set up camp for the night at Kurumahat under Hansdiha police station area in Jharkhand’s Dumka district.

A Brazilian woman was assaulted and gangraped allegedly by seven men in Jharkhand’s Dumka district Friday night. The crime took place at Kurumahat under Hansdiha police station area, around 300 km from state capital Ranchi.

Dumka Superintendent of Police Pitambar Singh Kherwar told ThePrint Saturday that the police have “identified all of the accused” and “three have been arrested” in connection with the case.

The woman and her Spanish partner were en route to Nepal via Bhagalpur as part of a biking expedition when they set up camp at Kurumahat Friday night.

“The couple was on a vacation and were going to Nepal. Dumka was just a transit point and they set up a camp, half a kilometre from the main road to stay for the night. At night the seven miscreants saw the couple and gangraped the woman. Three have been detained,” said a police source. 

The source added that the couple had “put up a tent around midnight near Hansdiha market in Dumka” and that the alleged crime took place 50 metres from their tent.

Earlier Saturday, Dumka SP Kherwar had told the media. “At around 10:30 pm, the woman stopped a police patrol vehicle for help stating that a gang-rape incident had taken place. Our team visited the couple in the hospital, and they narrated the incident to us…”

In a video post on a social media platform, the woman narrated her ordeal. “Something has happened to us that we wouldn’t wish on anyone. Seven men have raped me, they have beaten us and robbed us, although not many things because what they wanted to rape me. We are in the hospital with the police. It happened tonight here in India,” she said.

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Her partner, a Spanish national, added in a separate video post on social media, “My mouth is destroyed but she is worse than me. They have hit me with the helmet several times, with a stone on the head several times. Thank goodness she was wearing a jacket, that stopped the blows a little.”

(Edited by Amrtansh Arora)