24-year-old Dutch woman tourist arrested for ramming stolen jeep into car in Maharashtra
She was overstaying in India in violation of the visa norms
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Pune, December 7
A 24-year-old Dutch woman tourist, overstaying in India in violation of the visa norms, has been arrested for allegedly ramming her jeep into a car in Maharashtra’s Satara district, police said on Monday.
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The incident took place on Sunday evening near Vijaynagar on Patan-Karad road, and the vehicle which the woman was driving was a stolen one, they said.
She rammed the jeep into the car, a senior official from Satara police station said.
The woman, hailing from the Netherlands, was in India on a tourist visa. However, her visa had expired and she had been overstaying in the country, the official said.
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The Karad city police have registered a case under various sections of the IPC, including theft, and relevant provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, he said.
“We are inquiring into her overstaying,” the official said. PTI
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