A Spanish lady was allegedly gang raped in Dumka district of Jharkhand when she was going to Nepal from West Bengal.

The incident occurred at Kurumahat in Hansdiha police station space, round 300 km from State capital Ranchi, on Friday evening, when the lady alongside together with her husband was resting in a abandoned space at Kurmahat Village in a makeshift tent. The couple was on a tour of India on a two-wheeler.

Three youths have been arrested within the case thus far. According to a police supply, seven individuals passing via the world stopped and allegedly assaulted the couple and raped the lady.

Dumka Superintendent of Police (SP) Pitambar Singh Kherwar mentioned, “In the intervening night of March 1 and 2, the police team was passing through the area when they found the couple. Initially the police assumed that it was a case of beating. They they were taken to the hospital and the doctor said that woman was gang raped.”

He additional mentioned, “I along with the police team first visited the hospital and then the place where the incident took place. Based on the information the Spanish couple provided to the police, we carried out raids and detained three men who accepted their involvement in the heinous crime. They also revealed the names of their associates. A SIT has been formed and raids are being conducted to arrest the other culprits. I am personally monitoring the case.”

Police additionally mentioned {that a} Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) group had additionally visited the spot to gather the proof and shortly different culprits could be arrested. The culprits additionally looted ₹10,000.

Opposition BJP in the present day slammed the ruling authorities and known as it an “utter failure of law and order” within the State. They additionally demanded strict motion in opposition to the individuals concerned within the crime, in addition to, the elimination of Dumka SP.

The problem of gang rape was raised by the opposition earlier on the final day of the Budget session of Jharkhand Assembly.

BJP Chief Whip Biranchi Narayan termed the incident unlucky saying {that a} strict regulation must be made to punish the individuals concerned in such crimes.

“This is not the first case in Dumka, earlier also tribal sisters were brutally killed, despite that if the government is not learning any lesson then it is really sad. A strict law should be made in the assembly. Just imagine what kind of message we are giving to the world when a foreign citizen has been raped in India,”Mr. Narayan mentioned.

Another BJP MLA Anant Ojha mentioned such an incident is a giant blot on the picture of Jharkhand which signifies in the direction of deteriorating regulation and order within the state.

Nishikant Dubey, BJP from Godda demanded elimination of law enforcement officials by writing a message on social media X, “A tragic incident of rape with a Spanish woman has taken place under Hansdiha police station area of my Lok Sabha consistency, Godda. The government of JMM led by Champai Soren and Indian National Congress has promoted murder, loot, and rape in the last four years by posting police officers everywhere in Santhal Pargana without training. The police administration of the entire Santhal Pargana be immediately changed and policemen should be sent to jail.”