Swiss Tourist Gang-***** In India While Camping With Her Husband
AP | Posted: 03/16/2013 8:11 am EDT | Updated: 03/16/2013 3:29 pm EDT
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NEW DELHI -- A Swiss woman who was on a cycling trip in central India with her husband has been gang-***** by eight men, police said Saturday. The ****** comes three months after the fatal gang-**** of a woman aboard a New Delhi bus outraged Indians.
Authorities detained and questioned 13 men in connection with the latest ******, which occurred Friday night as the couple camped out in a forest in Madhya Pradesh state after bicycling from the temple town of Orchha, local police officer R.K. Gurjar said.
The men beat the couple and gang-***** the woman, he said. They also stole the couple's mobile phone, a laptop computer and 10,000 rupees ($185).
The woman, 39, was treated at a hospital in the nearby city of Gwalior, Gurjar said.
A photo showed the woman walking while being escorted by police to the hospital. Her face was concealed with a hood, a common practice in India, where law does not allow **** victims to be identified publicly to protect them from the stigma attached to **** in the conservative country.
Police detained 13 men and questioned them, Gurjar said. Six of the men were released after questioning. No other details were immediately available.
Indian television stations showed scores of police searching the forest where the ****** occurred.
Swiss Foreign Ministry spokesman Tilman Renz described the case as "deeply disturbing" and said Swiss diplomats were assisting the couple.
The diplomats called on Indian authorities "to do everything to quickly find the perpetrators so that they can be held accountable," Renz said in a statement.
Last month, the Swiss government issued a travel notice for India that included a warning about "increasing numbers of ***** and other sexual offenses" in the South Asian nation.
India has seen outrage and widespread protests against attacks on women since December's fatal gang-**** of a young woman on a moving bus in New Delhi, the capital. The crime horrified Indians and set off nationwide protests about India's treatment of women and spurred the government to hurry through a new package of laws to protect them.
One of six suspects in the December ****** was found dead in a New Delhi jail this past week. Authorities said he hanged himself, but his ****** and lawyer insisted foul play was involved. A magistrate is investigating. Four other men and a juvenile remain on trial for the ******.
