Himachal Pradesh: Two arrested in Israeli woman gangrape case

The break through came when police scanned the CCTV footage of the place from where the victim had taken lift on July 24 morning beside electronic surveillance of the suspects. The vehicle was intercepted near Mandi.

The police said the Israeli national was slated to leave for Kaza in Lahual Spiti district around 3:30 am from Manali. To reach the bus stand, she had taken lift from some unknown persons in a private car.

“Instead of dropping her to the bus stand, the accused –whose identity was yet to be established, took her towards outskirts of Manali at Gojara, six km from the town, and gangraped her,” said Singh.

There were six persons in the vehicle. Two them alleged gangraped her, as per the victim’s statement to the police.

The police have informed the Israeli embassy about the incident.

This is the second incident of gangrape in Manali. A 30-year-old US national was gangraped in Manali three years ago, by three Nepalese youths, who had offered her lift around midnight in June 2013. All three were convicted by a local court and sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for the crime.