SKorean tourist rape case: Accused gets 8-yr RI

A court in Umariya has sentenced a resort manager to eight years' rigorous imprisonment for raping a South Korean woman tourist on January 14 this year in Bandhavgarh.

Umariya District and Sessions Judge Akhilesh Pandya, while announcing the sentence yesterday, also imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 on the accused resort manager Deepak Vishwakarma.

In case Vishwakarma fails to pay the fine, the term of his sentence would be extended by another three months.

The judge also sentenced Vishwakarma to one-year rigorous imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 1,000 under sections 7 and 14 of the Foreigners Act.

The court, however, exonerated him of the charge of causing hurt by means of poison with the intention to commit an offence.
 

The sentences will run concurrently, the court added.