Japanese Tourist Raped in Kerala, Undergoes Surgery
The accused, Theja Lakshman, who runs a handicraft shop near Kovalam, has been taken into custody.
A Japanese woman was raped in Kovalam in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram district on Sunday.
The 35-year-old woman, who works a nurse in Kobe city in Japan, had to undergo a surgery following serious internal injury and is still admitted to SAT hospital, Thiruvananthapuram.
The accused, Theja Lakshman, 25, who runs a handicraft shop near Kovalam, has been taken into custody. Police said that his arrest will be registered only after the woman gives her statement to the district magistrate.
According to police, the woman reached Kovalam on Friday and she spoke to the accused when she visited his shop.
Some of the locals had told police that they saw this woman going with Theja in a jeep.
“He took her to his room and they were both drinking beer. Later, when she was about to leave, he made sexual advances at her and raped her,” a police officer from Kovalam police station said.
Later in the evening the woman reached her hotel.
“She was bleeding profusely and fell unconscious. Later, hotel staffers took her to a hospital. We recorded her statements after the surgery,” he added.
The rape survivor was in India for a 12-day tour.
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