Kenyan MBA Student Handed Life Sentence in India for Raping 22-Year-Old Kenyan Woman
A Kenyan student has been convicted of rape in India and has been sentenced to life imprisonment.
Eric Mulinge Nethuli, a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) student in India, was accused of raping a Kenyan woman in Mahila in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
Mulinge, 25, is said to have committed the offense in 2016 after the victim, aged 22 invited him for dinner.
Indian Newspaper, The Hindu reports that Mulinge was studying in a private college in the Asian country.
The victim reported the incident at the Ammapettai All Women Police Station and the suspect was arrested and charged with rape.
Last week, a local court found him guilty of the charges and sentenced him to six-and-a-half years in jail under sections 342,352, 506 part 1, and Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Women Harassment Act and life imprisonment under Section 376.
He was also been ordered to pay a fine of 17,500 rupees.
All sentences will run concurrently. He will serve his sentences at Puzhal Prison.
Comments (8)
Brutal but a lesson for other rapists. There are many prostitutes in India and Eric would have been served better to get one that could meet his needs. That would have spared him all these troubles.
Here in Kenya: He would get BRIBE sentence; and the rest be History.😞
This is not the kind of news patents need to hear.Big lesson to potential rapists in India.Wow,I can only imagine what is going on in the guy's mind.If only the clock could be rewound and take him to the point of before rape,he could now make agood decision.Too late.
No chance for appeal??
This is no secret that Kenyan women have been getting raped by Kenyan men for years. Finally someone took steps to stop this madness. Women and girls are raped in Kenya everyday without repercussion so someone thinks anaweza peleka his twisted deeds to India. Lesson learned.
@mugukuyu,this criminal behavior is prevalent in patriarchal societies that man think they own India.As much as I applaud India for strictly enforcing the law on rape,iam also reminded that India is notorious for violent rapes,and some perpetrator have gone unpunished.
@Maxiley I forgot to add that rape issues among Kenyans in India have gone on for years and years. How demoralizing is it being in a foreign country and your own is the perpetrator? Speaking of Indian citizens, there has been definitely some concerns and as you have mentioned it is a common occurrence in patriarchal societies and maybe politically related especially now that the conservative BJP party is in power. They are all about Hinduism and less about minorities and women rights. More like Trump and the rise of the white nationalism.
You get what you deserve. Keep your pants zipped up and respect women.