The lady had injuries on almost all parts of the body. (Picture for representation purpose only)

The lady had injuries on almost all parts of the body. (Picture for representation purpose only) The lady had injuries on almost all parts of the body. (Picture for representation purpose only)

A suspected rape with a lady devotee from California, USA, has sent shivers down the spine in Vrindavan region. The 43-year-old lady had disappeared from her rented room in Vrindavan soon after she arrived on 27 February and was found lying unconscious in the Kotwali area on 3rd March. She had no recollection of how she got there but when admitted in the hospital, she began alleging that she had been raped by a sadhu.

As the lady had injuries on almost all parts of the body, she was immediately taken to the district hospital for medical tests and the information was passed on to the US embassy.

Mathura police sources told India Today that there was no confirmation yet, whether she had been raped or not and they were still awaiting for confirmation before taking further action on this case as the lady was also in a intoxicated state when found.

However the tourism industry of the region is taking this incident very seriously. Agra Tourist Welfare Chamber secretary Vishal Sharma said that it was an appalling state of affairs that the Local Intelligence Unit of the Mathura police had no inkling of an American tourist who was missing for more than 3 days. He said that whatever happened to the tourist was sad and added another smudge on the already darkened face of tourism in the region.

Sharma said that the need today was for social activists to gear up into their new role of tourism protectors and work together with tourism promotion agencies to protect the interests of tourists coming to the region. Mere policing could not protect the tourists unless the people of the region did not take active interest in tourist welfare.

