Five men were arrested January 1 in connection with an alleged rape of a Japanese tourist on November 21, 2014 police in Kolkata, India have revealed.
The men allegedly operated as a gang, targeting single, female Japanese tourists.
The victim, a 22 year-old from Saitama, Japan, was approached on November 20 of last year by a man who spoke Japanese “very well,” and convinced her to accompany him and a friend to a variety of tourist spots over the following days.
Two suspects were arrested from near the Buddhist pilgrimage center of Gaya in neighboring Bihar state and charged with rape, the officer said. Three other men were arrested for criminal conspiracy.
“The victim is cooperating with us in our investigation,” a police source said.