A Chandigarh court on Wednesday will sentence the accused convicted in the German woman gang rape case on Tuesday. The accused - Pankaj, Manvir Singh Jolly, Harpreet Singh, Sompal and Sukhwinder Singh, all from Haryana, face stern sentences for the crime that made national headlines September last.
The court framed rape charges against the youths who had sexually assaulted the 20-year-old German woman after picking her from the swank Taj Hotel in Sector 17 at about 0200 hours on September 28, 2008.
The men allegedly picked up the German tourist in their black Scorpio SUV from the parking area of the hotel.
She was taken to a farmhouse in Haryana's Ambala district, where she was sexually assaulted for several hours before being dropped off in Chandigarh by one of the men the next evening.
The tourist had accompanied a Germany-based Indian friend to attend his wedding. The victim had gone to the Taj for coffee.
While her two friends sat in the hotel coffee shop, she came out in the parking lot to smoke. It was here that she was befriended by one of the accused who offered to let her drive the SUV.
The man was later joined in by his friends.
The examination of the victim conducted by the Central Forensic Sciences Laboratory (CFSL) here that confirmed rape.
The Chandigarh police later changed the case registered against the youths from molestation to rape and criminal intimidation.
Sexual assault on unsuspecting tourists is not uncommon in India, where Central and State governments spend millions of dollars on advertising to woo foreign tourists and earn foreign exchange vital to the country’s huge development requirements.
The court framed rape charges against the youths who had sexually assaulted the 20-year-old German woman after picking her from the swank Taj Hotel in Sector 17 at about 0200 hours on September 28, 2008.
The men allegedly picked up the German tourist in their black Scorpio SUV from the parking area of the hotel.
She was taken to a farmhouse in Haryana's Ambala district, where she was sexually assaulted for several hours before being dropped off in Chandigarh by one of the men the next evening.
The tourist had accompanied a Germany-based Indian friend to attend his wedding. The victim had gone to the Taj for coffee.
While her two friends sat in the hotel coffee shop, she came out in the parking lot to smoke. It was here that she was befriended by one of the accused who offered to let her drive the SUV.
The man was later joined in by his friends.
The examination of the victim conducted by the Central Forensic Sciences Laboratory (CFSL) here that confirmed rape.
The Chandigarh police later changed the case registered against the youths from molestation to rape and criminal intimidation.
Sexual assault on unsuspecting tourists is not uncommon in India, where Central and State governments spend millions of dollars on advertising to woo foreign tourists and earn foreign exchange vital to the country’s huge development requirements.
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