UK tourist jumps from hotel to escape sexual assault in Agra

The tourist, who had checked into the Hotel Agra Mahal in Idgah area two days back, said a man entered her room early in the morning on the pretext of giving her a body massage and tried to molest her

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Close on the heels of the gang-rape of a Swiss tourist in Madhya Pradesh, a 25-year-old British woman on Tuesday jumped off a hotel room here to save herself from an alleged sexual assault bid and suffered a leg fracture.

The tourist, who had checked into the Hote Agra Mahall in Idgah area two days back, said a man entered her room early in the morning on the pretext of giving her a body massage and tried to molest her, police said.

She suffered a leg fracture in the escape bid, police said, adding the girl has been admitted to the district hospital as per a PTI report.

The police have arrested the hotel owner Sachin Chauhan, a Delhi native, on charges of molestation and have booked him under relevant sections of IPC, circle officer of Sadar police station Ram Suresh Yadav said.

Meanwhile, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has reviewed its travel advisory for women travellers to India, which was issued after the gang rape of a 39-year-old Swiss tourist in Madhya Pradesh on March 16.

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