"Job Offer" Used to Lure Victim Home for Sexual Assault
Denies Crime After Arrest, Claims "Consent to Filming"
An Indian-Australian man has been brought to trial for sexually assaulting and illegally filming five Korean women in their mid-20s, whom he lured with job offers.
On the 21st (local time), local media including the Sydney Morning Herald reported that a trial for Indian-Australian Valesh Dhangar was held on the 15th at the New South Wales Local Court in Australia.
According to the media, Dhangar is accused of luring five Korean women in their mid-20s to his home and sexually assaulting and illegally filming them from January to October 2018.
An Indian-Australian named Balesh Dhangar has been brought to trial for luring five Korean women with false job advertisements, drugging them, and then sexually assaulting them. [Photo by Facebook]
Dhangar targeted Korean women from the beginning. He posted a notice on a job site saying "Looking for someone to translate from Korean to English" and told applicants to come near his apartment for an interview.
He lured them, drugged their drinks with Rohypnol, known as a "date rape drug," causing them to lose consciousness, then sexually assaulted them and illegally filmed the acts.
Dhangar was charged with 13 counts of sexual assault from January to October 2018 against Korean women and others, 17 counts of illegal filming, 6 alcohol-related offenses, and assault related to obscene acts.
Dhangar’s crimes came to light on October 21, 2018, when the fifth victim, Ms. A, reported him. Ms. A went to his home after he told her, "You can see the Sydney Opera House from my house," and there she drank wine laced with sleeping pills.
Feeling dizzy, Ms. A went to the bathroom and sent a text to an acquaintance saying, "I feel drunk but it’s different from being drunk. I’m worried about myself," before losing consciousness. She regained consciousness during the assault and immediately reported to the police.
The police found 47 videos of Korean women on Dhangar’s laptop. Each video was labeled with the victim’s name.
The media reported that all the victims in the videos appeared unable to control their bodies properly. Police also discovered prescriptions for sleeping pills and drugs such as Stilnox and Rohypnol at Dhangar’s home.
Dhangar’s defense lawyer denies the charges, claiming "all victims consented to sexual intercourse and filming." However, the prosecution argues for guilt, citing consistent testimonies from all victims and the fact that the women in the videos were unconscious and unable to control their bodies.
In particular, the prosecution believes that since Dhangar downloaded and possessed pornography featuring Korean women, he committed the crimes to satisfy his sexual desires.
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