US woman alleged gang-rape at a five-star hotel in Delhi: Government assures action

New Delhi: An NGO has alleged that an American tourist was allegedly gang-raped by five men in March at a five-star hotel in Connaught Place, police said. According to police, they were investigating a complaint from an NGO, through an email, stating that the US citizen was gangraped by five men who entered into her room on the pretext of some tour and travel related work. The woman went back to her country and since she was scared, she didn't approach police, a senior police official said, adding that the complaint was being investigated and following the inquiry, an FIR will be lodged within a couple of days. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday assured that the government would initiate action against the culprits, who allegedly gang-raped a US woman at a five-star hotel near Connaught Place earlier this year. (AP Photo) “I have seen the media reports about gang rape of an American tourist in Delhi in March this year. I have spoken to the Lt Governor Delhi and told him that Police should register a case and bring the guilty to book. I have also asked Indian Ambassador in US to contact the victim and assure her that we will not spare the guilty,” Swaraj tweeted. 

I have spoken to the Lt Governor Delhi and told him that Police should register a case and bring the guilty to book. /2

— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) December 3, 2016

The External Affairs Minister’s assertion came after the Delhi Police received an e-mail complaint from the woman claiming that she was gang-raped by five men at a five-star hotel. As per reports, the case has been transferred to the Connaught Place Police Station. The lady in her complaint states that she had arrived in Delhi on a tourist visa earlier in March this year and was staying at the hotel, where the crime took place. Reports suggest that the tourist guide during her stay arrived at the hotel along with four friends one day. The men shared a few drinks in the lady’s room following which they allegedly took turns to rape her. The woman, who went back to the US traumatized by the incident, had gone into depression.