Hell in Paradise

 by Tisaranee Gunasekara-Sunday, July 14, 2013

““It was in the basement of the Sri Lankan Criminal Investigation Department… we sat and listened as a group of senior police officers took us through the case. My stomach churned as we learned of the sickening and horrific details of the completely unprovoked attack that Khuram and his partner had been subjected to”- British Parliamentarian Simon Danczuk 1, 2

“They started beating me. I fell to the ground….. They killed Khuram and sexually assaulted me…”3

( July 14, 2013, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) That was Victoria Tkacheva, the 24 year old Russian tourist, who, with her companion Khuram Shaikh, came to Sri Lanka to enjoy a holiday in Paradise and found, instead, Hell.

According to witnesses, Ms. Tkacheva was discovered in a room, naked and unconscious. The police subsequently confirmed that she was either raped or sexually assaulted: “She had been raped or sexually assaulted and had suffered vaginal injuries, according to a Sri Lankan police report”4.

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