A 22-year-old NRI woman was raped by a man at a hotel in Delhi’s Paharganj. The woman, who had come to India on a study visa from the US, alleged she befriended three persons they invited her for a party at the hotel on May 16. According to the victim, the suspect, who is from Haryana, raped her in the hotel room when the other two went out to buy something.
However, when police asked her to describe the face of the suspect. She could not remember it all she had was the name of the accused and a faint memory of his built. But the rape survivor’s presence of mind help police nab Jaswant Singh-the accused. She accessed Singh’s Facebook account to save his photograph that she later passed on to the police and eventually led to his identification and arrest, according to Hindustan Times.
Speaking to the daily, the victim’s lawyer Surender Singh Hooda said she was dissuaded from pursuing a police case.
“He was a healthy man with strong built and the girl couldn’t fight him despite constantly trying to resist,” said Hooda.
Also read: Another UP shocker: Four women ‘gang-raped’, man, who tried to help, killed on Yamuna Expressway
“The three men whom she addressed as friends told her that it was Jaswant Singh raped her and that he was not a nice man. They told her they were sorry for what happened and that it was not worth going to the police,” he said.
To confirm his identity, she instantly searched Singh on Facebook, sent him a friend request and then saved his picture for record. She then passed on that photo to the police, which led to his arrest.
Also read: Father rapes 5 year old in Nashik, grandmother kills her
A case was registered against the suspect and he was arrested on Thursday. He was produced before a court in Delhi which sent him to 14 days judicial custody.
The woman recorded her statement before a magistrate on Friday, police added.
The police have seized the CCTV footage and the log book of the hotel, they said.
