Kollam (Kerala) | An American woman, who had arrived in India recently and was staying at an ashram near here was allegedly sexually assaulted by two men.
The accused men were caught on Tuesday and the process relating to recording of their arrest and lodging of an FIR was underway, an officer of Karunagappally police station said.
The incident occurred on July 31 when the 44-year-old American woman was sitting at a beach near the ashram, Kollam, he said.
According to reports, the two men, who are from Kollam, approached the woman, befriended her and on some pretext lured her away to an empty house where she was sexually assaulted.
Two men, who are from Kollam, approached the woman and offered a cigarette, which she declined. The two struck up a friendship with her and showed her a bottle of liquor. Then she was taken to a house where they offered her drinks following which she went into a slumber.
Later she realized that she had been assaulted and informed the ashram authorities who reported the matter to the local police.
Swinging into action, the police took the two men -- Nikhil and Jayan -- into custody from the locality and recorded their arrest.
The police will produce the two before a local court later in the day.
Police, however, said the details of the incident can be confirmed only after the questioning of the two accused.
