Two Indian men have been charged for allegedly using a chat application to blackmail, abduct and rape an Australian woman. Ajit Pal Singh (31), was charged with abduction, unlawful confinement, an act of indecency and three counts of sexual intercourse without consent.
Co-defendant Randhir Singh (20), was charged with abduction, two acts of indecency without consent, two counts of sexual intercourse without consent and unlawfully detaining the woman. Now police are warning mobile phone users to take care with social networking applications after the incident, The Canberra Times reported. Detective Peter Maguire told the ACT Magistrates Court on Saturday that the woman accepted a friend request on September 25 on Tango chat from a man who purported to be 24-years-old through the mobile application.
Maguire said that police were still investigating who wrote the messages but suspect they became sexual in nature after the woman agreed to meet the man at Kippax Fair shopping centre on September 26.