Goa: Nepalis arrested for rape of Russian tourist at Calangute had jumped bail in WB

KOLKATA: The two rape accused identified as Sakhil Ansari (23) and Sayumdhin Ansari (23) arrested for raping a Russian tourist at a hotel in Calangute were out on bail in a case registered by the West Bengal police and had jumped bail, absconded and fled to Goa, police sources in WB said.

According to WB State police sources, the duo were arrested for house-breaking and petty theft and were in jail for almost three months. After they were granted bail by a local court, they were required to report to the local police station every 15 days.

They however jumped bail, absconded and fled to Goa. There are two police cases registered against the duo in West Bengal, sources informed.

On Thursday night, between 10 and 11 pm, while the Russian tourist was asleep in her room at a hotel in Calangute, the youth entered her room and raped her.

She had taken a few drinks and fell asleep. Her companions had gone down to the garden area of the hotel and she was asleep alone in the room.

One of the youth first entered the room on the pretext of cleaning the room and on seeing her asleep raped her. The other youth also entered the room and attempted to rape the woman, but she woke up and screamed for help.

She approached the police on Thursday night itself, however, due to the unavailability of a translator, the Calangute police were able to register her complaint only on Friday.  The cops arrested the accused after registering an FIR.