Gaya: A Japanese girl had been allegedly confined and gang-raped by two brothers in Gaya district of Bihar.
A joint police team of Kolkata and Bihar had meanwhile arrested accused on Friday.
Nishant Kumar Tiwari, Senior Superintendent of Police, Gaya said, “A joint team of Kolkata and Gaya Police arrested two brothers — Zahir and Shahid — from their house in Taro village under Fatehpur police station of Gaya district for confining and raping a Japanese girl.”
The girl had lodged an FIR after contacting the Japanese consulate at Park Street police station in Kolkata that the duo along with a few of their accomplices had confined her since November 26 and gang-raped her.
According to police, the girl was befriended by one Wasim Khan on November 20 in Kolkata who spoke Japanese and with whom she went to Gaya.
Pallab Kanti Ghosh, Special CP (Crime) of Kolkata Police said, “Once there, Wasim molested her and took Rs 76,000 from her bank account before handing her over to the duo (Zahir and Shahid). There (Gaya), the brothers confined her till the end of December and repeatedly gang-raped her.”
Ghosh saiad that they put the girl on a bus bound for Varanasi later where she got in touch with her friends and contacted the Japanese consulate in Kolkata.
She lodged the FIR after returning to Kolkata on December 26 following which Wasim was arrested. Acting on information collected from him during interrogation, a Kolkata Police team went to Gaya and arrested the duo and brought them to Kolkata.
Bureau Report
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