General Manager of Sheraton behind bars for molesting Mexican Woman

The general manager of Sheraton, a five-star hotel, was arrested on Wednesday 27 June, for allegedly molesting a Mexican woman and her friend in her room on Tuesday night.

Rishi Raj Singh, who recently joined the hotel (ITC Rajputana) as their General Manager, was arrested on the charges of molestation levelled by the 25-year-old tourist with the Vidhayak Puri police station, Jaipur Police Commissioner Sanjay Agarwal told The Tribune on Thursday.

According to the victims, General Manager Rishiraj Singh of Rajputana Sheraton Hotel was drunk and molested them after barging into their hotel room.

The accused ran away as the women started screaming.

The victims then contacted the Mexican embassy which passed on the information to the Director General of Police of Rajasthan. Acting quickly, police arrested Singh at 11.30 pm on Wednesday night.

Both the women, who had come to Jaipur as tourists, have been sent to the Mexico embassy in New Delhi. They had checked into the hotel in the pink city on Tuesday. One of the tourists left for her country by the afternoon flight on Wednesday, while the victim is still in Delhi and in touch with the state police.

Singh, who was booked under Sections 354 (assault or criminal modesty), 354-A (physical contact and advances involving unwelcome and explicit sexual overtures, etc) of the IPC would be produced before the court for remand later in the day, the Commissioner said.

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Two Mexican women who had come on tour to Jaipur on Tuesday, June 27, had known the reference of the accused with whom they had breakfast, and even the duo went for outing in the city, a senior cop of Vidhayak Puri said.

Rajasthan Police have apprised the Mexcian Embassy of the incident, the Commissioner said.
The hotel management refused to talk on the subject.

Police said that Rishiraj Singh was seen in the CCTV footage captured outside the room occupied by the women. The manager was rattled as the police entered the five-star hotel and started apologising to the women. The incident took place as ambassadors of nine countries held a meeting in the very same hotel which saw Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje in attendance on Wednesday evening.

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The incident brings to the fore the dangers women face in our country which occupied the top spot in the list of most dangerous countries for women. The survey was done by Thomson Reuters Foundation.