Click to play videoAgra/New Delhi: The police have arrested the three suspects in the alleged gang rape of two Japanese women in Agra. Raja Thakur, Rajan Raees and Deepak were arrested after a complaint was lodged by the two tourists that they were raped on Saturday night.
Police claim the three lured the Japanese tourists on the pretext of getting them cheaper accommodation and then allegedly raped them.
Police say two of the suspects - Rajan and Raees - own handicrafts shops while the third, Sunny, worked as a salesman.
Sunny, who was fluent in Japanese had befriended the tourists.
“After befriending them, they took them to hotel where they had food and drinks and then they raped them,” said Agra DIG, Kamal Saxena.
However, all the three suspects have denied the charges. The incident has sent shockwaves across Agra, but tourists in the city have put up a brave front
The Agra police are now opening new checkposts and helplines to deal specifically with cases of sexual assault.
Meanwhile, the state government has decided to set up a special tourist police station in Agra to take care of tourists visiting the Taj city, Uttar Pradesh's Principal Secretary (Home) J N Chamber was quoted as saying by news agencies.
He said police personnel well versed in English would be posted in the special police station, half of whom would be women.
Besides the police personnel, a tourism official would also be posted at the police station which would be equipped with computer and internet so that tourists could utilise the facility.
(With inputs from Vipul Kumar and agencies)
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