UK woman gang-raped in Delhi hotel: 2 arrested

A British woman was allegedly raped and molested and molested by two men at a hotel in in Delhi’s Mahipalpur area, an official said.

Police arrested two people in connection with the incident on Tuesday and informed the British High Commission about the incident.

The British national was befriended by one of the accused on a social media platform. The official said the woman had allegedly travelled from Goa to Delhi to meet the 24-year-old from east Delhi.

She was allegedly first molested by a housekeeping staff member in the hotel’s lift, a senior official said.

Later, she was reportedly 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.

He added that when the British woman came to India, she and the accused made plans to meet in Delhi.

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 he raped her, the official said.