Fernanda, a victim of a group rape in India, wants to turn the page. “I want what happened to stay there, I will not take it with me and I will try to forget it,” says the Spanish tourist in an Instagram video, in which she explains that she has just arrived in Nepal with her partner, Vicente, with whom she He travels half the world on a motorcycle.
“Life goes on and there is no need to complain. Bad things happen, but what matters is how you react to them,” he continues in a message through this social network. A message to reassure the thousands of followers who are interested in their adventures.
Vicente also supports Fernanda’s decision: “We are going to continue with our trip and with our life. Now, we will go to Spain for a few days to rest and then we will continue as if nothing had happened.” “That remains for us. It has been a bad experience and we have to be strong,” he emphasizes in her intervention.
The couple has also taken the opportunity to make a plea, directed at other victims of rape. “You have to hold your head high. You don’t have to be ashamed of anything. These are the criminals who have to feel this way,” they add.
Fernanda was gang-raped, while her husband was beaten and threatened, when the couple was camping in a remote area in the northeast of India, a crime that has provoked outrage and discussions and accusations among the country’s politicians.
The couple, who had been traveling for several months to tour the country from the extreme south, had set up a tent to spend the night near a police station in the Dumka district, in the state of Jharkhand, more than 1,300 kilometers from New Delhi, when around midnight a group of men attacked them, as confirmed to Efe by several official sources.
After reporting what happened, the Indian Police have announced the arrest of all the suspects involved in the rape of the Spanish tourist. Those involved face harsh penalties. According to the country’s penal code, it must be punished with no less than ten years in prison, and a gang rape with up to life in prison.
