Swiss rape victim to stay in India to help investigation

Update: 2013-03-19 01:32 GMT
The Swiss national, who was gang raped in Madhya Pradesh last week, has said she and her husband will continue to stay in the country for the moment while expressing readiness to fully cooperate in the ongoing investigation and identification process.

‘While speaking to Ambassador Linus von Castelmur the couple expressed their readiness to fully cooperate in the ongoing investigation and identification process,’ a Swiss embassy release said.

The embassy also thanked the Madhya Pradesh police for its cooperation. The Swiss tourist, on a cycling trip along with her husband in Madhya Pradesh, was allegedly gang raped at a forest area in Datia district, on the night of 15 March.

Meanwhile, the six accused arrested in connection with the gangrape were on Monday remanded in police custody for a day by a local court. Police have recovered a 12-bore gun from the accused; apart from the things they had looted from the couple: laptop, laptop-charger, mobile phone and Rs 5,500 cash. All the accused are in the age group of 19-25 years, police said. They were identified as Baba, Bhutha, Rampro, Gaza alias Brajesh, Vishnu Kanjar and Nitin Kanjar.

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