An American woman has claimed that she was repeatedly raped after being lured to India to marry a lawyer she met on Facebook.
The 45-year-old nurse, from Florida, quit her job, sold her house and travelled to India on July 3 to marry the man after he befriended her on social media and invited her to his home country, the Times of India and Bhaskar report.
She told local police that after she landed at Delhi airport, he took her to a hotel in Jaipur, the capital city of the Rajasthan state, where she claims he raped her. The woman alleges that he raped her several more times between July 3 and July 21.
During this time they reportedly stayed in hotels in Jaipur and the city of Ajmer, before the man promised the her that they would get married and organised a wedding ceremony on July 15 at a temple in Nasirabad – only to realise shortly after that it was all a ruse.
She reportedly found out that the woman he had introduced to her as his cousin at their fake wedding was actually his pregnant wife, with whom he already had a ten-year-old child, after the alleged fraudster took her to his home.
She told local police that after she landed at Delhi airport, the man took her to a hotel in Jaipur (stock image of the city above), the capital city of the Rajasthan state, where she claims he raped her. The woman alleges that he raped her several more times between July 3 and July 21
During this time they reportedly stayed in hotels in Jaipur (stock image above) and the city of Ajmer, before the man promised the her that they would get married and organised a wedding ceremony on July 15 at a temple in Nasirabad – only to realise shortly after that it was all a ruse.
The American launched a complaint with the local police force via an NGO on July 25, saying that she discovered that the fraudster deceived and raped her.
The man was arrested by Indian police for rape and deceit under the pretense of marriage on July 31 when he was discharged from hospital, where he was treated for gunshot wounds to his leg and chest he said he sustained while cleaning his friend’s rifle.
The police superintendent in Bundhi, Hanuman Prasad Meena, told the Indian Express about the case: ‘The accused took her to the hotel where they stayed for some time.
‘Later, he took the woman to Ajmer and she stayed there for a while.
‘According to the woman, the accused never told her that he was married.
‘On July 15, he took the woman to a temple and married her. She asked the man to take her to his home.
‘The man initially refused but then he introduced her to his family in Ajmer.
‘There it came to light that [he] was already married with a 10-year-old child.
‘His wife is currently pregnant with another child. Then both of them had a fight and the woman went back to Jaipur.’
The investigating officer added that the man had used his friend’s card to check into the hotels he stayed at with the woman.
