*NEW DELHI: Indian police have arrested the owner of a guesthouse and itsmanager after a woman alleged she was drugged and raped by some 40 men overfour days, an official said Friday.*
The incident is the latest in a string of sexual attack cases reported fromacross the country where nearly 110 rapes are reported every day, accordingto official figures.
In a complaint to the police, the 22-year-old woman said she was promised ajob at the guesthouse in the northern state of Haryana by a person known toher.
But she was instead held captive, drugged and raped by various men overfour days, senior police officer Rajendar Kumar Meena told AFP, citing thewritten complaint of the victim.
Three junior police officials “have been suspended for negligence and notinforming senior officers about the sensitive matter”, Meena added.
Sexual violence is rife in India, with 110,333 rape cases reported in thecountry between 2014 and 2016.
The country’s dire record on sexual violence has been in the globalspotlight since the 2012 gang-rape and murder of a woman on a New Delhi bussparked angry protests.
The incident led to tougher sentences and reforms in the country’s rapelaws but sexual crime against women, as well as against minors, remainsrampant.
Indian police arrested 17 men this week for allegedly raping an 11-year-oldgirl over several weeks in southern city of Chennai. – APP/AFP