Police arrested a man on charges that he raped a 15-year-old British girl who was later found dead on a beach in southern India, officials said Monday. Samsung D'Souza, 29, was arrested Sunday night and accused of raping Scarlett Keeling hours before her partially clothed and bruised body was found the morning February 18, senior police official Bosco George said.D'Souza has not been charged in Keeling's death, though one official said that he could face additional charges later.
Keeling had been seen at around 4 a.m. at a bar with a group of Indian men, one of whom was identified as D'Souza. An eyewitness told police he saw the suspect in a "compromising position" with Keeling, police official Kishen Kumar told reporters.
Even if the sex was consensual, police said D'Souza would still be accused of rape because Keeling was a minor. D'Souza was one of three men police held for questioning Sunday and officials say they expected to make more arrests soon.
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