Rwandan student held for alleged rape in Tamil Nadu

A Rwandan student of Annamalai University has been held on charges of raping a woman from his country. The woman is also studying at the university.

Police said the woman lodged a complaint with Annamalai Nagar police station sayingShimoyashema Bruce Marie Oliver, 22, a second-year MSc student of information technology, had taken her to his house last Friday and raped her.

She was admitted to the university’s medical college-cum-hospital. Police registered a case against Oliver and arrested him on Sunday. They produced him before a court, which remanded him in judicial custody.

Oliver had invited her for sightseeing and after visiting a few places she requested him to help her reach a friend’s house located near his residence in Annamalai Nagar. The accused had promised to do so but took her home and raped her, she alleged.

DSP R Rajaram said police received information from the medical college-cum-hospital about a rape case and a team went there to obtain the woman’s statement. “We’ve obtained the medical report of the woman and we’ve requested the judicial magistrate to order a medical examinationof the accused to ascertain the rape charges,” said Rajaram.

Source:The Times of India