British tourist jumps from Indian hotel balcony to escape assault

On a day when lawmakers discussed a new anti-rape law,
 a British tourist jumped off a balcony of her hotel room
 to escape being sexually assaulted by the hotel owner in Agra,
 the city of the Taj Mahal, police said Tuesday.

The tourist fractured her leg when she jumped from the second floor.

Subhash Chand Dubey, a senior police officer,
 told reporters in Agra that the owner knocked
 on her door at 4 a.m., offered her a massage
 and refused to leave, even after she declined.
 The hotel owner then tried to enter her room
 forcibly with a security guard, and the tourist
 jumped off the balcony to escape, Dubey said.

Dubey said the hotel owner has been arrested.