Tourist guide arrested for sexual assault of French woman in Tamil Nadu
optopThiruvannamalai: A private tourist guide was arrested for sexual assault of a French tourist in Thiruvannamalai.
According to Kashmir Media Service, police said the local guide, identified as Venkatesan, 42, took the French national to a spot atop the Arunachala hill for meditation and sexually assaulted her there.
The victim, aged 46, was rescued by devotees who were passing by after she raised an alarm. She later informed the French Consulate, which took up her case with the local officials. Following this, the All Women Police arrested Venkatesan.
Preliminary enquiries by the police reveal that the guide took her to various ashrams after her arrival in January for a spiritual tour. She has been staying at a private lodge in Thiruvannamalai, police said.
