LGBT activist held for grownup attack in Goa, launched on bail

A 28-year-old French girl has accused LGBTQI activist, poet and psychologist Divya Dureja (27) of sexually assaulting her in a hotel in North Goa on February 23. Dureja, who was once arrested following the lady’s criticism filed on the Pernem Police Station, was once launched on bail by way of a neighborhood court docket closing week.

In line with the sufferer’s criticism, Dureja saved her in her lodge room for over four-and-a-half hours with out her consent and penetrated her along with her hands. North Goa SP Utkrisht Prasoon stated Dureja was once arrested in accordance with the sufferer’s criticism. He stated the sufferer’s observation will likely be recorded sooner than a Justice of the Peace below Segment 164 of the Code of Felony Process.

In line with the police, the sufferer, a yoga teacher, had arrived in Goa in January. The sufferer has alleged that Dureja invited her to her room in a hotel in North Goa and assaulted her.

Within the FIR filed on the Pernem Police Station on February 24, Dureja has been charged below Segment 354 (prison attack on girl with the aim of outraging her modesty) and Segment 342 (wrongful confinement) of the IPC.

Delhi-based Dureja is an LGBTQI activist, psychologist and poet and has spoken on quite a lot of platforms in improve of the LGBTQI neighborhood. Dureja remained unavailable for remark. Messages despatched to her by way of The Indian information remained unanswered.