The Delhi Police on Wednesday arrested a man for allegedly raping a 20-year-old Canadian woman at a guest house in East Delhi, the Hindustan Times reported, quoting police.
The woman arrived in Delhi on Monday to visit a family friend, the police said. She was accompanied by two other friends as well. On Tuesday evening, the woman and her friends visited a pub in South Delhi’s Hauz Khas.
“The man befriended the woman at the pub,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Romil Baaniya. “Later, he invited her to his place.”
An unidentified police official told the Hindustan Times that the man allegedly raped her at a guest house in East Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar area where he worked as a manager. The woman managed to escape and called a friend who asked her to go to All India Institute of Medical Sciences and then call the police.
The woman called the police control room around 2.30 am on Wednesday, following which a police team visited the hospital and took her statement. The woman told police that the man identified himself as Abhishek, according to India Today. Police arrested him later on Wednesday and produced him before a magistrate.
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