Datiya, Madhya Pradesh: A 39-year-old tourist visiting India has been gang-raped near a village in Madhya Pradesh. The attackers of the Swiss national reportedly also thrashed her and her husband after robbing them of their valuables.

The incident happened last night at a village 8 kms from Datia where the woman and her husband were camping. They had halted there while on their way from Orchha to Agra. They had planned to cover the 250-km stretch on bicycles.

According to the woman’s husband, around 9:30 at night, a group of seven men with lathis (wooden sticks) in their hands overpowered him and four of them then gang-raped his wife. The men also beat them up, he said.

The woman was taken to a hospital in Gwalior where her medical examination confirmed that she was gang-raped.

Based on her husband’s complaint, police in Datia have detained eight men. The couple will now be asked to identify the accused.

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