Karnataka Man Rapes 12-Year-Old Russian Girl in Goa Resort’s Swimming Pool, Hotel Room; Arrested

The accused, Ravi Lamani (28), a married man, was arrested by a team of Pernem police on May 10 at Gadag in Karnataka for the incident of sexual assault that took place on May 6.

Panaji: In yet another shocking crime against women and children, the Goa Police have arrested a man from his home town in neighbouring Karnataka for allegedly raping a 12-year-old Russian girl in Goa, reported news agency quoting an official on Thursday. The incident happened at a resort in Arambol in North Goa, where the accused worked as a room attendant, the official said.

The accused, Ravi Lamani (28), a married man, was arrested by a team of Pernem police on May 10 at Gadag in Karnataka for the incident of sexual assault that took place on May 6. The mother of the victim had lodged a complaint on May 9, he said.

First assaulted in swimming pool, later inside hotel room: Police

Talking to news agency PTI, inspector of Pernem police station, Vikram Naik, said the woman complained that her minor daughter was sexually assaulted in the swimming pool of the resort and later inside the hotel room by the accused, who works as a room attendant at the resort. “As per the complaint, the incident took place when the girl’s mother had gone out to fetch some necessary items from a nearby market in Arambol, leaving her daughter behind in the swimming pool,” he said.

Naik said the accused had fled after the incident. “But within 24 hours of receiving the complaint, the accused was arrested after he was traced in Gadag,” he said. Lamani was booked under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 376 (rape), section 8 of the Goa Children’s Act and sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, Naik said.

(With inputs from PTI)