A Belgian woman after being allegedly harassed by several people went back in less than 24 hours to her trip to India.
After returning to her country, the woman, Esther Deleu wrote a complaint to the Belgium embassy which was further directed to the Ministry of External Affairs.
In the complaint sent by the Belgium embassy the woman has written that after arriving in India on December 6, she took an auto to her hotel and after reaching Minto road, the driver took the woman to a parking lot where two men posing like police officers were waiting.
“They told me there were demonstrations taking place near my hotel and the entire street was cordoned off. They said I needed permission from police to get into the hotel,” Deleu’s complaint read.
The woman said that the officers gave her a paper on which address of a police centre was written. She was taken there and six men dressed as policemen showed her videos of massive protests on their phone.
“They told me to leave Delhi. They also spotted my gold jewellery and told me that I should take it off as it will cut my fingers,” the complaint read. When she told them about her reservation at the hotel, they made a call and told her it had been cancelled.
The woman was then taken to a travel agency I another autorickshaw where she was told about other hotels which were expensive. After five hours of searching for hotel offers, she accepted a hotel offer for 40 dollars.
She also complained that she was taken to the hotel from a longer route and was purposely given a room with no window and no internet connectivity.
“I locked myself inside the room as people knocked on the door. I was paralysed. My SIM activated and I contacted my friend in Rishikesh, who called the hotel where I was supposed to stay and discovered that my booking was never cancelled. Several people started knocking at my door and I barricaded myself. Finally, the manager of the hotel came to get me,” the complaint read.
The next morning, the woman took a flight to her country. After two months of the incident, the woman gathered the courage to file a complaint to the Belgium embassy who latter informed the Ministry of External Affair.
Police have now registered a case under Section 4-(a) of the Delhi Prevention of Touting and Malpractices against Tourists Act at Connaught Place. A special investigating team has been formed and the matter will be looked upon, informs the police.
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