Suspect held longer over alleged rapes near Amsterdam metro station
A court ruled on Wednesday that Jaskarn S., suspected of raping a very vulnerable man and a 12-year-old boy, will stay in custody.
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Jaskarn S., a man born in India, is suspected of raping a very vulnerable man and, a year later, a 12-year-old boy in the bushes near Strandvliet metro station in Amsterdam. At a pro-forma hearing on Wednesday, the court ruled he stays in custody. The youngest victim attended.
The prosecutor for the Public Prosecution Service told the court the suspect “seriously sexually abused a very vulnerable man and boy”, and that both victims are severely traumatised by it. The prosecutor called him a “a sexually disturbed man”, a sexually troubled man.
The first alleged rape took place on 27 July 2025. According to his family, the older victim has the mental capacity of a child of about ten or younger. The boy is alleged to have been raped a year later and given poppers, an intoxicant. He lived in an institution, and camera images show the suspect visited it.
The suspect was arrested as he was about to leave for Portugal. The prosecution said searches about DNA traces and about the penalties for rape in the Netherlands were found on his phone.
The suspect has not made a statement so far. He is willing to cooperate with an examination by a psychologist or psychiatrist. The case continues on 2 February.
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