Fake tourist guide ‘rapes’ Canadian woman, held

Varanasi | Wednesday | 13th February, 2019

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Varanasi: A fake tourist guide was sent to jail on Tuesday on the charges of raping a foreign tourist in Chandauli district. During her stay, she met one Ajay Soni on January 29, who introduced himself as a tourist guide. The arrested person was booked under sections 376 (rape) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) of IPC.According to reports, a Canadian woman arrived in Varanasi on January 16 and stayed at a guest house in Nagwa area. The Canadian embassy was also informed, he added. The matter was reported to the Chandauli police, which arrested and took him to Chandauli.Chandauli SP Santosh Kumar Singh told TOI over phone that the arrested person, who had presented himself as a guide to the survivor, was sent to jail..