The Jharkhand High Court on Thursday sought a detailed 'action taken' report from the state government in the Spanish Tourist gangrape case that took place in the Dumka district of the state on March 01.
Hearing the case, the bench of Acting Chief Justice S Chandrashekhar and Justice Navneet Kumar asked the state government to submit a detailed action taken report containing all the statistics of the case.
The court asked the government what Special Operating Procedure (SOP) has been mandated for information of foreign tourists entering the state as well as their safety and assistance by the state administration during their stay here.
If there is no such SOP what is the government’s plan to make one in the future, the court asked.
During the hearing, the government informed the court that all eight accused in the case had been arrested by police and the victim had been given Rs 10 lakh compensation by the administration.
After taking suo-moto cognisance in the case the High Court had asked the Chief Secretary, Home Secretary, DGP, and SP Dumka to submit an action taken report on the incident.
The Spanish woman was gang-raped in the area of Dumka district which falls under the Hansdiha police station and was beaten up, with her husband being robbed.
The woman had reached Kurumahat located in the Hansdiha police station area of Dumka with her husband. The couple had stayed in a tent in Kunji village of Hansdiha police station area of Dumka while going from Pakistan to Bangladesh and then to Nepal via Bengal.
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