NEW DELHI – An American woman was gang-raped Tuesday in the northern Indian resort town of Manali, police said.
The 30-year-old woman was picked up early Tuesday morning by men in a truck as she was hitchhiking back to her guest house after visiting a friend, police officer Sher Singh said.
The three men in the truck then drove to a secluded spot and raped her, he said. She went to police and they filed a rape case.
No arrests had been made as of Tuesday afternoon, Singh said.
Authorities issued an alert for the three men and set up roadblocks to check any trucks leaving the town, he said.
The reported rape came after a Swiss tourist was gang-raped in March while on a cycling trip through rural India. Six men were arrested in that attack. In a separate incident the same month, a British woman traveling in northern India jumped out of the third-floor window of her hotel room fearing a sexual attack after the hotel’s owner tried to force his way into the room.
The assaults come amid heightened concern about sexual assaults in India that followed the fatal gang-rape of a young woman on a moving bus in New Delhi in December.
That rape sparked public protests demanding better protection for women. In response, the government passed a law increasing prison terms for rape and providing for the death penalty in cases of rape that result in death or leave the victim in a coma. It also made voyeurism, stalking, acid attacks and the trafficking of women punishable under criminal law.
Disgusting. Seriously, the way Indian men here in Mid-east look at women (even the covered ones) is quite disturbing. I don't know what is wrong with them?
I thought this article was about the Arab perverts.
Yeh kya? Ghissi pitti pic? Both men in the pic are dead...and probably the standing one too is dead.
Always spewing hatred against Sunni Muslims, you should be the last person to give a lecture on stereotyping.
As for Indians, the dental surgery I go to is run by North Indian dentists (muslims) , they are well educated and respectful people. So may be this perverted attitude is common only among the lower working class non-muslims. But then how come South India has far less crimes rate than North?
And yes, Arab men stare. But only when they're wearing sunglasses. Most of them are so egoistic that they wouldn't wanna be caught staring at women. :D
The most frequently cited research was conducted by Statistics Canada in 1992, which involved a national random sample of 12,300 women (Johnson and Sacco, 1995). The research found that ov**er one in three women had experienced a sexual assault and that only 6% of sexual assaults were reported to the police.
**Norway
One in 10 women in Norway are raped.[29][30][31] A 2007 survey by Amnesty International in cooperation with Reform - resource center for men - revealed that victim blaming attitudes remain very common in Norway. The survey showed that 48% of men surveyed believed that women are fully or partly responsible for a sexual assault if they openly flirt before the attack, while 28% believed the same about women who dressed in a provocative way. Furthermore, 20% held the view that a woman is fully or partly responsible for the sexual attack if she is known to have several sexual partners.[32]
USA
(This is almost 525 incidents every day)
According to United States Department of Justice document Criminal Victimization in the United States, there were overall 191,670 victims of rape or sexual assault reported in 2005.[79] **1 of 6 U.S. women and 1 of 33 U.S. men have experienced an attempted or completed rape.
**(This is almost 525 incidents every day)
If you look at the table, India is at a much lower rate compared to other countries, including middle eastern ones.
West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh have earned the dubious distinction of leading a list of states where crime against women in 2011 was highest.
Among 53 cities, Delhi with 4,489 cases has accounted for 13.3 per cent of total crime against women. Delhi is followed by Bangalore, Hyderabad and Vijayawada recording 1890 (5.6 per cent), 1860 (5.5 per cent) and 1797 (5.3 per cent) cases respectiv
You understand that in developing countries a lot of crimes go unreported. Also, in Norway, the link says most immigrants (Indians) are behind the rape cases. Not that I agree with it...but just to show you how much these stats can be misguiding.
