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20 Year Old Woman Drugged, Raped In Goa: Police

20 Year Old Woman Drugged, Raped In Goa: Police
ALLAHABAD, INDIA - MARCH 16: People hold a protest rally against Indian nun's gang-rape in West Bengal on March 16, 2015 in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Hundreds of people have held demonstrations to protest against the rape of an elderly nun in the Indian state of West Bengal. Ten men have been detained in connection with the incident, which happened early on Saturday morning. The nun is being treated in a Kolkata hospital.PHOTOGRAPH BY Prabhat Kumar Verma / Pacific Press / Barcroft Media (Photo credit should read Pacific Press / Barcroft India via Getty Images)
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ALLAHABAD, INDIA - MARCH 16: People hold a protest rally against Indian nun's gang-rape in West Bengal on March 16, 2015 in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Hundreds of people have held demonstrations to protest against the rape of an elderly nun in the Indian state of West Bengal. Ten men have been detained in connection with the incident, which happened early on Saturday morning. The nun is being treated in a Kolkata hospital.PHOTOGRAPH BY Prabhat Kumar Verma / Pacific Press / Barcroft Media (Photo credit should read Pacific Press / Barcroft India via Getty Images)

PANAJI -- A 20-year-old girl from Raigad district of Maharashtra was allegedly drugged and raped by an acquitance in North Goa's Anjuna village near here, police said today.

The incident took place on Saturday night. The girl is currently battling for life at the state-run Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMC) for suspected drug overdose.

After the matter came to light on Monday, police arrested one Shamim Mohammed, 30, from Carrasvaddo, Mapusa and an alleged drug supplier Tukaram Savlo alias Nana in connection with the case.

According to Anjuna Police Sub-Inspector Vijay Kanth Kavalekar, Mohammed allegedly drugged and raped the girl, who was staying at a guesthouse there alongwith her friends.

Later, her friends rushed her to the North Goa District Hospital after they found her unconscious in the wee hours on Sunday.

The victim was subsequently shifted to GMC and her parents were called, who reached here and filed a complaint with Anjuna Police.

"While it was initially suspected to only be a case of drug overdose, a medical examination of the survivor on Tuesday revealed that the girl had been sexually assaulted as well. We have added a section of rape under 376 of the Indian Penal Code," the police officer said.

Yesterday, a court sent Mohammed and Savlo to police custody for three days, according to him.

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