Swiss female tourist on a
cycling trip with her husband was gangraped by seven to eight people at a
forest area in Datia district of Madhya Pradesh, police said on
Saturday.
Twenty
people have been detained on the basis of suspicion and are being
questioned in connection with the incident, DIG(Chambal range) D K Arya
said.
A
rape case has been registered, police said, adding that seven to eight
unidentified persons were involved in the crime. No arrest has been made
so far.
The
incident took place at Jharia village, eight km near Datia town, at
around 9pm last night when the 39-year-old woman along with her husband
was touring the region on a bicycle as part of their India tour.
The
couple--who are adventure tourists-- was camping at a forest area for
the night while on their way back from Orchha, home to temples of Lord
Ram, and were proceeding to Agra when they were attacked.
The woman was allegedly gangraped in the presence of her husband, police said.
The
victim was rushed to Gwalior, about 100 km from Datia, and her medical
tests in a hospital have confirmed rape, police sources said.
The
Chairperson of National Commission for Women Mamta Sharma said the MP
government should take the incident very seriously and demanded
strictest punishment to the culprits.
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