Swiss tourist raped in Pushkar

PUSHKAR: In the third such offence in a month, a 25-year-old woman tourist from Switzerland was allegedly raped by the owner of a hotel in this pilgrim town of Rajasthan.
    
The proprietor of Hotel Nanu Garden Nanuram Rawat was arrested on  and the woman has been sent for a medical examination, Ajmer Superintendent of Police Anand Srivastava said.
    
He said the Swiss tourist came to his office this and lodged a complaint that she was sexually assaulted by the owner of the hotel where she was staying a week back.
    
Following her complaint, an FIR was registered under section 376 (rape) of IPC and a police team sent to arrest Rawat, the SP said.
    
The alleged rape comes exactly 10 days after a guest house owner here was arrested on the charge of raping a 40- year-old British freelance journalist and a priest's relative held for allegedly molesting an American woman tourist in Udaipur.
    
This is the third incident of rape of a foreign tourist in this town, famous for the Brahmsarovar, Lord Brahma templs and livestock fair in less than a year.
    
A Japanese woman was raped and robbed of Rs 54,000 by the manager of another local hotel and three of his accomplices on April 2 last year.
    
Bittihotra Mohanty convicted for raping a 26-year-old German research scholar in Alwar has been on the run since jumping parole in November 2006. 

His father, IPS officer B B Mohanty, accused of aiding the fugitive, surrendered at a
court in Jodhpur 10 days ago.