2 men arrested in connection with ‘violent’ sexual assault in Victoria - BERITAJA

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Victoria constabulary opportunity 2 men are successful custody and facing charges successful relationship pinch a convulsive sexual assault astatine a location successful the 1100 artifact of Meares Street.

Deputy constabulary main Jamie McRae told reporters connected Tuesday that Victoria police were called connected June 20 by Nanaimo RCMP to analyse a matter reported to them that morning.

“A female reported to constabulary that (on June 19) a man drove her from Nanaimo to a residence successful Victoria wherever she was introduced to a 2nd man,” McRae said.

“She said while astatine the residence she was sexually assaulted aggregate times and prevented from leaving.”

McRae added that the woman, a young adult, was driven backmost to Nanaimo connected June 20 and that’s erstwhile she reported it to police.

On June 21, Victoria constabulary arrested 2 men successful relationship pinch the lawsuit and they stay successful constabulary custody.

Rahul Chahar, 24, has been charged pinch intersexual battle causing bodily harm, unlawful confinement and attempting to choke to flooded resistance.

Nagender Nagender, 22, has been charged pinch trafficking successful persons.

According to the Criminal Code of Canada, trafficking successful persons “involves the recruitment, transportation, harbouring and/or power of the activity of persons for the intent of exploitation, typically for intersexual exploitation aliases forced labour.

“Victims are required to supply (or connection to provide) their services aliases labour arsenic a consequence of behaviour that, successful each the circumstances, could reasonably beryllium expected to origin the unfortunate to fearfulness for their ain information — aliases for the information of personification known to them — if they garbage to supply that work aliases labour.”

“The allegations successful this lawsuit are superior and profoundly concerning,” McRae said.

“We admit that proceeding about this benignant of record successful our organization could impact people’s consciousness of information and well-being.”

McRae besides thanked the female for coming forward.

The 2 men are group to look successful tribunal connected July 2.

If anyone has accusation connected this lawsuit aliases accusation that whitethorn beryllium related to it, Victoria constabulary said that anyone could interaction the E-Comm non-emergency statement astatine 250-995-7654 ext. 1, and reference record number 26-25036.