Rajasthan Man Charged For Assigning ‘Price Tags’ To Foreign Female Tourists At Busy Jaipur Market

A man from Rajasthan, named Guru, who posted videos on social media where he is seen assigning ‘price tags’ to foreign female tourists and making derogatory remarks.

He posted several such offensive videos on his Instagram account which led to an outrage on social media. “She is available for ₹ 150, she is for ₹ 200, you can get her for ₹ 500 and this one is for ₹ 300,” Guru is heard saying in the videos which have now gone viral.

Social media users said the women tourists in one of Guru’s videos were visiting the Amer Fort in Jaipur. The unsuspecting tourists are seen smiling on the camera, unaware of the derogatory remarks being made by Guru.

Police responded to social media users calling for the man to be arrested after they were tagged to the video, on social media platform X. They said they have detained the man and are probing the case.

They further added that the man was found to have forced tourists from his shop at Jaipur’s Amer Market.

“A reel is going viral on the internet through Instagram, in which the police took strict action against the accused who touched some foreign female tourists, behaved indecently and made baseless false statements,” Jaipur Police said.

“Police have registered a case under sections 354, 505 (2) IPC, 66D IT Act, 13 (1), 13 (2) Rajasthan Tourism Business Act and have rounded up the accused. During investigation it was found that the accused forced the tourists to buy the goods from his own designated shops,” the police said, responding to the calls of arrest raised by social media users.