Mangalore: 'It was an Attempt to Rape German Student' - Clarify Police
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (GA)
Mangalore, Aug 6: There are more details available about the reported rape attempt on German student at Ullal here on Sunday August 5.
Though the immediate reports on Sunday had claimed that the German student Leonore Pinzer (22) was raped by four young men after forcing themselves into her room at Taj Tower lodging at Derlakatte in the early hours of Sunday, the subsequent inquiry and medical reports have now confirmed that it was an attempt to rape her by two young men.
As reported earlier Leonore Pinzer along with 3 other students had come to the city as per the IFMS exchange programme on July 30. They had booked room in Taj Tower and were staying there. Since three of her companions had gone for picnic Leonore was alone in the room.
The accused Ashraf and Jaleel too had booked room in the same lodging a day before along with two of their friends. On Saturday night, after a party, the two other friends had gone to sleep while Ashraf and Jaleel forcibly entered into Leonore's room in the early hours and tried to rape her.
But an alert Leonore managed to escape from their hands and ran out from the lodge shouting for help. At the same time the accused too ran from the room and got into their bike and fled the place. However, their friends Zakeer and Hameed of Madaninagar did not know anything about these developments and they were sleeping in their room. It was only when police came to their room that they came to know about the incidents.
Leonore had sustained minor injuries on her face and she has now been admitted to hospital for treatment. The Konaje police have registered a case under House trespass along with Attempt to rape. The accused are still at large and the police have expressed hopes of arresting them soon