Threatened with dagger, kicked, punched: Spanish vlogger raped in Jharkhand in police complaint

Jharkhand vlogger rape: The FIR also states that the men first started quarrelling with her husband before assaulting him and tying his hands

Spanish woman’s gangrape in Jharkhand’s Dumka: SIT formed

A police team at the spot where a Spanish national was allegedly gangraped in Dumka, Jharkhand, Sunday. (PTI)

3 min readRanchiMar 6, 2024 07:22 AM IST First published on: Mar 5, 2024 at 09:44 PM IST

Threatened with a dagger, kicked, punched and raped – the Spanish travel vlogger allegedly sexually assaulted by seven men in Jharkhand’s Dumka on March 1 has detailed her ordeal in her complaint to the police, based on which an FIR has been registered. The woman has also alleged that the entire incident lasted two and a half hours.

The incident took place when the woman and her partner had pitched a tent in a forested hilly area around one kilometre from the main road. Her statement was recorded at 2.05 am on March 2 at the community health centre, and an FIR was registered under IPC sections 376D (gangrape) and 395 (dacoity).

The FIR states that at first, three men started quarrelling with her husband before assaulting him and tying his hands. She alleges that the other four forcefully picked her up “after showing me a dagger”. She alleges that she was thrown on the ground, kicked, punched and raped repeatedly by all seven men.

“All of them seemed to be slightly drunk. This incident took place from around 7.30 pm to 10 pm,” the FIR quotes her as saying.

The couple had set out on a world tour on motorbikes and entered India mid-July last year from Pakistan. The FIR states that two weeks ago, the couple re-entered India after spending a brief time in Sri Lanka.

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“In the course of our journey, we reached Kumrahat village Dumka… As it was quite late, we decided to establish our temporary makeshift tent at night for our overnight stay in a nearby forested hill road… Around 7 pm, while we were inside our tent, we heard some suspicious voices. As soon as we came out of the tent, we saw two people talking on the phone. Around 7.30 pm, a few people came on two motorcycles. They stopped at the tent and murmured ‘Hello friends’. We came out of our tent by lighting our head torch and saw five people rushing towards (us) and two more people moving towards our tent. They were talking in the local language and were also using a few English words in between,” the FIR states.

The FIR states that all seven also snatched their belongings – a Swiss knife, a wristwatch, a platinum ring with diamond, a silver ring, black earpods, a black purse, a credit card, around Rs 11,000, 300 US dollars, a steel spoon and a fork.

“One of them was 28-30 years old, wearing white scarf, and white T-shirt, while the rest were young adults,” the FIR states, adding that after the crime, “they ran away towards the village”. “After the incident, we took our motorcycles and somehow came to the main road. At 11 pm, a night patrolling party of Hansdiha police sighted us and came for our assistance,” it states. The two were taken to a nearby community health centre for primary medical treatment and their statements were recorded.

Meanwhile in Dumka, the police held a press conference where they said they have arrested all the accused. The husband and wife bikers left the state on Tuesday.

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