Thai woman shot at on resisting molestation bid at Udaipur hotel; four held

Four men have been arrested for firing at a Thai woman after she tried to resist an alleged molestation attempt by one of them in Udaipur, police said on Monday. The 24-year-old victim, Thank Chanok, is undergoing treatment at the Udaipur District Hospital and is now out of danger, the police added.

The accused were identified as Rahul Gurjar (25), Akshay Khubchandani (25), Dhruv Suhalka (21), and Mahim Chaudhary (20), Superintendent of Police (SP) Yogesh Goyal said.

According to the SP, Chanok was staying at a hotel in Udaipur with a female friend and around 1:30 am on Saturday, she left the hotel alone under the pretext of meeting some friends, who took her to another hotel room for a liquor party. When one of the men, Rahul Gurjar, tried to molest her, Chanok bit him in self-defence, the SP said. In anger, Gurjar allegedly shot at the woman with his country-made pistol, he added.

The four men, however, panicked and rushed the woman to a private hospital, where they left her and fled. She was later referred to the district hospital for treatment of a bullet injury near her ribs, Goyal said.