INDIA | They drug and rape a 21 year old Irish aid worker in the city of Calcutta

A 21-year Irish has been drugged and raped in India, adding to the wave of sexual assaults that are occurring in the country since last December.The alleged assailant has been arrested in Calcutta, as reported by the local police. She filed a complaint on Saturday saying it had been attacked in a state of semi unconsciousness after drinking a cup of tea at the home of the suspect , 25. The Irish had come to the house of the alleged perpetrator to celebrate his birthday with him. "We suspect that the defendant took the drug in his tea and then raped her," said the Indian police officer, Subrata Dey The woman, a student of the school of engineers who went to India to work as a volunteer in a solidarity organization , has been examined in a public hospital. The alleged rapist knew the victim on a very busy market in Calcutta last week and decided to celebrate together the birthday girl on Friday night, police explained. A study of a professional body released this year and confirmed by the government, the number of foreign tourists in India has declined by 35% after they became public sexual assault collected by the national and international press. The body comprising the Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India has stated that foreign aid has gone downhill after it was made ​​public the gang rape a 23 year old student on a bus in New Delhi last December. The victim died 13 days later from injuries sustained during the assault. The fact that deeply shocked public opinion, unleashed astring of protests across the country that was repressed by the police. In addition, one Swiss tourist was raped while crossing India by bike with her ​​husband in the State of Madhya Pradesh (in the center of the country) last March. In the same region, South Korean group reported that they were drugged and raped in January for the children of the owner of the hotel where he was staying. The violations among young girls have also been the subject of protest among the Indians and among the international community. A little of 5 years was found after she was repeatedly raped by a man in his 30s, whodid not give or food and water in the two days he had her kidnapped.