American nurse claims she was repeatedly raped after being lured to India to marry a lawyer she met on Facebook only to discover the ceremony was fake and he is already married with a child

An American female has claimed that she was many times raped aft being lured to India to wed a lawyer she met connected Facebook.

The 45-year-old nurse, from Florida, discontinue her job, sold her location and travelled to India connected July 3 to wed nan man aft he befriended her connected societal media and invited her to his location country, nan Times of India and Bhaskar report.

She told section constabulary that aft she landed astatine Delhi airport, he took her to a edifice successful Jaipur, nan superior metropolis of nan Rajasthan state, wherever she claims he raped her. The female alleges that he raped her respective much times betwixt July 3 and July 21. 

During this clip they reportedly stayed successful hotels successful Jaipur and nan metropolis of Ajmer, earlier nan man promised nan her that they would get joined and organised a wedding ceremonial connected July 15 astatine a temple successful Nasirabad - only to realise soon aft that it was each a ruse.

She reportedly recovered retired that nan female he had introduced to her arsenic his relative astatine their clone wedding was really his pregnant wife, pinch whom he already had a ten-year-old child, aft nan alleged fraudster took her to his home.

The American launched a title pinch nan section constabulary unit via an NGO connected July 25, saying that she discovered that nan fraudster deceived and raped her. 

The man was arrested by Indian constabulary for rape and deceit nether nan pretense of matrimony connected July 31 erstwhile he was discharged from hospital, wherever he was treated for gunshot wounds to his limb and thorax he said he sustained while cleaning his friend's rifle. 

The constabulary superintendent successful Bundhi, Hanuman Prasad Meena, told nan Indian Express astir nan case: 'The accused took her to nan edifice wherever they stayed for immoderate time. 

'Later, he took nan female to Ajmer and she stayed location for a while. 

'According to nan woman, nan accused ne'er told her that he was married. 

'On July 15, he took nan female to a temple and joined her. She asked nan man to return her to his home. 

'The man initially refused but past he introduced her to his family successful Ajmer. 

'There it came to ray that [he] was already joined pinch a 10-year-old child. 

'His woman is presently pregnant pinch different child. Then some of them had a conflict and nan female went backmost to Jaipur.'

The investigating serviceman added that nan man had utilized his friend's paper to cheque into nan hotels he stayed astatine pinch nan woman.