Gaya: A sixth accused has been arrested in Kolkata on Tuesday in the alleged gangrape of the Japanese tourist in Gaya district of Bihar and will be produced in court. The accused was arrested after police questioned the other five accused who were arrested last week.
The men posed as tour guides and befriended the Japanese national when she was staying in Kolkata. They took her to Gaya, allegedly raped her and took over Rs 1 lakh from her.
A top police official said that of the five men who included two brothers, three were arrested in Kolkata and two in Gaya.
First to be arrested after the woman filed a complaint with the Park Street police station on December 26 was Wasim Khan, who was picked up from Kolkata, Ghosh said giving details. Wasim, who spoke Japanese fluently, befriended the Japanese woman on November 20 and accompanied her to Gaya.
In Gaya, Wasim allegedly molested the tourist and took away Rs 76,000 from her bank account before handing her over to siblings Javed Khan and Sajid Khan, who raped her repeatedly since November 26 to the end of December, Ghosh said.
Later, they put the girl in a bus bound for Varanasi, where she got in touch with her friends and contacted the Japanese consulate in Kolkata, according to Ghosh.
On information gathered from Wasim, a team of the Kolkata Police and Gaya Police arrested the brothers from Taro village under Fathepur police station in Gaya district on January 2 and brought them to Kolkata on a transit remand.
Later, two more persons Md Sabbir Khan and Shahid Iqbal were arrested by the Kolkata Police sleuths on information given by the brother duo.
(With additional information from PTI)
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