A 30-year-old French national, who was in Udaipur, India, for an advertisement shoot, has allegedly been raped by a member of an event management firm on Monday night, Indian media has reported.

 

Officials said the survivor, two of her female friends who are also tourists, and members of the event management firm which had organised the shoot, went to a restaurant in Tiger Hills in the Badgaon area of Udaipur on Sunday evening.

 

NDTV quoted Udaipur Superintendent of Police (SP) Yogesh Goyal as saying, “On Sunday evening, some French tourists were at a restaurant called Greek Farm with some employees of an event management company. They had a meal together and also consumed drinks. The survivor has said that she went in the car with one Siddharth (also known as Pushparaj Ojha), who then took her to his hotel room and sexually assaulted her.”

 

"The survivor has undergone a medical examination and an FIR has been registered. The man is on the run. We are going through footage from the restaurant and the hotel," Goyal added.

 

According to media reports, Siddharth asked the survivor to go with him to see the sights of the city. 

 

Badgaon police Station House Officer (SHO) Pooran Singh said the woman was being treated at a private hospital, adding, "We will speak to her in detail once she is discharged." 

 

Additionally, Singh said the French tourist told her two friends about the rape, adding, “As she fell sick, they rushed her to a private hospital in the city and also approached the police, who lodged an FIR based on the victim’s primary statement.”

 

Meanwhile, the French embassy has been informed about the incident while police interrogates witnesses who were present  at the restaurant that day.