Australian alleges rape by Indian FB friend

Update: 2012-05-16 07:25 GMT
Social networking can turn out to be your worst enemy at times - as a girl from Australia learned the hard way. The 22-year-old tourist, staying in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu Valley on Monday lodged a complaint that she was raped by a fellow tourist, an Indian from Chandigarh, police said.

The girl also met senior police officers, claimed that she knew the accused and they had been in touch on social networking site Facebook.

Superintendent of Police Ashok Kumar said on Tuesday, the police have got a medical examination of the girl done but report was awaited.

'Investigations are going on and we have recorded the statement of the victim and she claims that accused was a Chandigarh resident, and had fled after the incident as both had also stayed in a hotel at Kasol, 42 km from Kullu town,' said officials.

The foreigner had met the accused Sami Sardana only two days back at a festival in Kasol.

The tourist told the police that she had a severe headache and eventually got a room booked at a hotel.

She fell unconscious after having some medicine given by the accused. Next morning, she found herself naked in a hotel room and Sardana had already fled.

Kumar said police teams have been sent to different places to search for the accused.
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