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Briton raped in Mumbai
The British woman came to Mumbai for treatment at Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital, police said on Wednesday.
A British woman was raped by an unidentified man at a paying guest accommodation in Parel in central Mumbai, police said on Wednesday.
In a complaint lodged with Bhoiwada police, the victim said that she was sedated and subsequently sexually assaulted on Monday night.
The woman, who works in Australia, had arrived in Mumbai on a tourist visa for treatment at Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital, police said.
Since the woman did not know anybody in the town, she was staying as a paying guest in a house where the incident occurred, police said.
The victim had retired in her room on Monday night, when she subconsciously recalled having been injected with some sedative, after which she was raped by an unidentified person, the complaint said.
On Tuesday, the woman reached the police station with a lawyer and lodged a complaint, police said, adding that an offence of rape has been registered and investigations were in progress.
