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UK National Britain arrested in Andamans on charges of sexual assignment of Bengaluru

UK National Britain arrested in Andamans on charges of sexual assignment of Bengaluru

The police in Andaman and Nicobar are arrested a national from the UK because they had sexually assaulted a tourist woman from Bengaluru, officials said on Monday.

According to the complaint of the police filed by the 30-year-old victim, the incident took place in a diving resort from Govind Nagar (beach no. 2) of Swaraj Dweep (Havelock Islands) on February 26.

An zero wire was deposited by the victim on March 6, which was later divided by the Swaraj Dweep police station, officials said.

Speaking with PTI, Andaman Sp, Manoj Kumar Meena, said: “I have arrested the national foreigner. Currently, he is in judicial custody of 14 days. A probe is started and we are waiting for the medical documents.”

The investigation revealed that the victim traveled to Andamani with a friend and visited Swaraj Dweep on vacation later, where they met this foreign citizen who learned diving.

“It seems to socialize in the islands, and on February 26, the victim claimed that her drink was stung later, when she regained consciousness in the resort, found it in a vulnerable state. She returned to her hometown and informed her parents about the incident.

In the wire, she said that trauma and amnesia were the reasons why they complained after more than a week.

According to Fire, the national of the UK was arrested in accordance with section 64 (the punishment for the crime of rape), section 115 (2) (the punishment for the voluntary challenge of the wounds) and section 351 (2) (criminal intimidation offense) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.