Indian police said Tuesday that a female British tourist injured herself after leaping from the balcony of her hotel room to escape what she feared was a sexual assault in the tourist city of Agra, home to the Taj Mahal.
A British woman traveling around India jumped out of the third-floor window of her hotel room on Tuesday after the hotel’s owner tried to force his way into the room, causing her to fear she was about to be sexually assaulted, police said.
The woman was not badly hurt, although she suffered some injuries to her legs, police officer Sushant Gaur said.
Police arrested the hotel owner in connection with the incident in Agra, the site of the Taj Mahal, one of India’s most cherished tourist attractions, Gaur said.
On Friday, a Swiss tourist was gang-raped in central India. Six men have been arrested in that attack.
The violence came amid heightened concern about sexual assaults in India in recent months 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 the government do a better job of protecting 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 has also made voyeurism, stalking, acid attacks and the trafficking of women punishable under criminal law.
British tourist 'jumps from window to escape rape' in India
Indian police said Tuesday that a female British tourist injured herself after leaping from the balcony of her hotel room to escape what she feared was a sexual assault in the tourist city of Agra, home to the Taj Mahal.
Source: AP
