Hotel owner accused of rape
THE GOAN NETWORK
PERNEM: A hotel owner from Mapusa has been accused of raping a 24-year-old Russian woman at Morjim on Thursday.
According to Pernem PI Sanjeev Dalvi, the victim woman filed a complaint stating that the hotel owner entered into her room and allegedly raped her.
The police suspect that while going to bed, the victim must have forgotten to latch the room from the inside and the accused entered into her room and allegedly raped her.
Police said the Russian woman informed the matter to a group of tourists outside her hotel. They later informed the police and a complaint was filed in the wee hours of Thursday.
Pernem Police have booked the accused under Section 376 and 506 of IPC. The accused is reportedly absconding and the police are on the lookout of the accused.
