British woman raped, molested in Delhi hotel; two arrested
New Delhi (PTI): A British woman was allegedly raped and molested by two men at a hotel in in Delhi's Mahipalpur area, an official said on Thursday.
Police have arrested two people in connection with the incident which occurred on Tuesday, and informed the British High Commission about the incident, he said.
The British national was befriended by one of the accused on a social media platform. The woman had allegedly travelled from Goa to Delhi to meet the 24-year-old Kailash, the official said.
She was allegedly first molested by a housekeeping staff in the hotel's lift, a senior official said. Later, she was allegedly raped in a hotel room by the man she knew from previous social media interactions.
The woman first spoke to the accused on a social media platform a month and a half earlier and after that they would talk frequently, the police official said.
Kailash, a resident of east Delhi, struggled to speak English and used some translation application to communicate with her, police said.
When the British woman came to India, she and the accused made plans to meet each other in Delhi, he added.
The victim travelled from Goa to Delhi and booked a room in Mahipalpur's hotel. When the accused came to meet her, she alleged that she was raped by him, the official said.
Police teams are checking CCTV footage of the hotel to know the sequence of the events.
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Siddaramaiah writes to Stalin, requests Shivakumar to attend anti-delimitation meeting in Chennai
Bengaluru, Mar 13 (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday extended support to the DMK-led opposition against the proposed delimitation of Parliamentary constituencies and requested his Deputy, DK Shivakumar, to attend the meeting in Chennai to discuss the issue.
In his letter dated March 13 to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, Siddaramaiah stated, "Although I would like to participate in the meeting, due to my prior commitments, I am unable to do so."
He also said, "I have received your letter dated March 7, which raises crucial issues regarding the autonomy of states, with serious implications for the principles governing our polity. In particular, the issue of delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies based on new population benchmarks needs to be discussed at length by like-minded states."
Acknowledging the importance of the March 22 meeting, the Chief Minister stated, "I have requested Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar to participate in the deliberations."
On Wednesday, Tamil Nadu Forest Minister K Ponmudy and Rajya Sabha MP Mohammed Abdullah Ismail met Siddaramaiah at his residence, Cauvery, to discuss the ongoing protests against the "anti-democratic and anti-Southern stance of the central government."
During the meeting with the DMK delegation, the Chief Minister condemned the Centre’s alleged attempt to "weaken democracy and federalism."
The DMK has been reaching out to leaders of various parties, including those within the NDA, such as Chandrababu Naidu, to discuss the delimitation issue.
