Woman fearing sex attack jumps from inn
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March 20, 2013, Wednesday
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A British woman traveling in India jumped out of the third-floor window of her hotel room yesterday, telling police she feared a sexual attack after the hotel's owner tried to force his way into the room by offering her a massage.
The woman was not badly hurt, although she suffered some injuries to her legs, police officer Sushant Gaur said.
Police arrested the hotel owner in Agra, the site of the Taj Mahal, one of India's most cherished tourist attractions, Gaur said. No charges have been filed.
The woman told police the hotel owner kept knocking on her door and even tried to unlock it after she refused his offer of a free massage.
The owner denied that and police said he told them he knocked on the woman's door only because she had asked to be woken up at 4am.
"Our consular team has spoken to this lady and also to the local police," a spokesman for the British High Commission in New Delhi said, adding the high commission, or embassy, was offering her consular assistance.
The incident comes after a Swiss tourist was gang-raped on Friday in central India. Six men have been arrested in that attack.
The woman was not badly hurt, although she suffered some injuries to her legs, police officer Sushant Gaur said.
Police arrested the hotel owner in Agra, the site of the Taj Mahal, one of India's most cherished tourist attractions, Gaur said. No charges have been filed.
The woman told police the hotel owner kept knocking on her door and even tried to unlock it after she refused his offer of a free massage.
The owner denied that and police said he told them he knocked on the woman's door only because she had asked to be woken up at 4am.
"Our consular team has spoken to this lady and also to the local police," a spokesman for the British High Commission in New Delhi said, adding the high commission, or embassy, was offering her consular assistance.
The incident comes after a Swiss tourist was gang-raped on Friday in central India. Six men have been arrested in that attack.
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