Mumbai: Italian national files rape complaint against ‘tour guide’

Mumbai: An Italian tourist has accused a Mumbai based tour guide of raping her in a ‘cab’ in Juhu on June 14.

The 37-year-old Italian national in her written complaint stated that on the day of the incident she met a tour guide on the bus as part of a sightseeing tour of Mumbai, PTI reported.

“She met the accused during the bus tour on June 14. He introduced himself as a tour guide and the victim hired his services,” said an official.

The tour guide later offered the victim to show Amitabh Bachan’s Bunglow that was in the same Juhu region after the bus tour ended around 7pm that day.

“He then promised to drop her to the Colaba hotel where she was staying. A cab was booked by the accused and the complainant has told us that he stopped the vehicle nearby to purchase liquor,” the official said, adding, “she has said that the accused forced her to consume alcohol and also touched her inappropriately. He then raped her in the car.”

The victim was asked to register a complaint with local police after she approached the Italian Embassy which asked her to register a case with the local police.

The victim then approached Colaba Police station who filed a ‘Zero FIR’ and later transferred it to Juhu Police station where the crime occurred.

“A rape case has been filed and police teams are on the lookout for the accused. Further investigations are underway,” said a Juhu police official.