India | Posted on Jan 28, 2009 at 05:32pm IST

German rape case: Five get life imprisonment

Agencies

Chandigarh: Five men convicted for raping a German tourist in Chandigarh were sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday.

In quick disposal of a rape case, a local court sentenced five accused of raping a 20-year-old German tourist in September.

Pankaj Punia, Manvir Singh Jolly, Harpreet Singh Dalli, Sukhwinder Singh Sukhi and Sompal were booked for kidnapping the woman from outside a five star hotel in Chandigarh on September 28 and taking her to a farmhouse in Haryana's Samalakha area where she was gangraped.

The in-camera proceedings of the case were held on January 16-17. The recording of statement and cross-examination of the German girl was completed on January 17.

The victim spoke in German during recording of her statement and was helped by three interpreters including one from the German Embassy.

The woman, who had deposed before Additional District and Sessions Judge Raj Shekhar Attri, had gone back to her home on January 18.

The day-to-day hearing in the case had resumed on Monday.

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