A man claiming to be a tourist guide allegedly raped an Italian woman in a cab in Mumbai’s Juhu area on June 14, police said on Sunday. The tourist filed a police complaint on Friday, PTI reported.
Police have filed a rape case and are looking for the accused man. An investigation is under way, police said.
“She met the accused during a bus tour on June 14,” a police official said. “He introduced himself as a tour guide and the victim hired his services.” The woman was on a sightseeing tour of the city on that day, police said.
After the bus tour ended at around 7 pm in Juhu, the accused offered to show the 37-year-old woman actor Amitabh Bachchan’s bungalow nearby, police said.
“He then promised to drop her to the Colaba hotel where she was staying,” the official said. “A cab was booked by the accused and the complainant has told us that he stopped the vehicle nearby to purchase liquor. She has said that the accused forced her to consume alcohol and also touched her inappropriately. He then raped her in the car.”
The Italian embassy asked the woman to file a case with the local police.
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