The attack comes months after the fatal
gang-rape of a woman aboard a New Delhi
bus outraged Indians
Police have detained 20 men in central
India's Madhya Pradesh state after a Swiss
woman on a cycling trip was gang-raped.
No arrests have been made so far but police
were questioning the men in connection
with the rape and assault on the woman
and her husband in the Datia district of the
state, said senior police officer DK Arya.
He said the couple told police the woman
had been raped by seven or eight men, but
that it was dark and they could not be sure
of the exact number. As a first step, police
have registered a case of rape against
seven unidentified men and are searching
nearby villages, he said.
The attack comes three months after the
fatal gang-rape of a woman aboard a New
Delhi bus outraged Indians and spurred the
government to pass laws to protect
women.
The couple were on a three-month holiday
in India. They had visited the temple town
of Orchha and were planning to cycle to
Agra to visit the Taj Mahal nearly 130 miles
away.
They set out from Orchha on Friday and had
pitched their tent in a forest near Jatia
village when they were attacked by a group
of men armed with wooden sticks.
The men beat up the husband, tied him to a
tree and then raped the woman, police said.
The Swiss ambassador in India, Linus von
Castelmur, has spoken to the couple and
has demanded a swift probe of the
incident.