New Delhi:
A Danish woman was allegedly gang-raped in Delhi late last night, the latest high-profile case of sexual assault in the country. The 51-year-old woman was allegedly attacked by a gang of eight men after losing her way to her hotel in Paharganj, a popular backpacker area.
All eight men have been identified, said police sources to NDTV.
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has told the police she was held by the men between 4 and 7 pm after which they abandoned her. She then took an auto-rickshaw to her hotel where the owner phoned the police. She says she was robbed and beaten too.
"When she came, it was miserable," said Amit Bahl, owner of the Amax Hotel. He said the woman was crying and "not in good shape."
The woman had approached the group for directions near the New Delhi Railway Station after visiting amuseum, but they took her to a secluded spot before raping her.
The Delhi government headed by Arvind Kejriwal has not commented so far on the case.
The woman arrived in Delhi on Tuesday after visiting the Taj Mahal in Agra.
The case comes weeks after a Polish woman was allegedly drugged and raped by a taxi driver while travelling with her two-year-old daughter to New Delhi.
Last month marked the first anniversary of the death of a student who was gang-raped on a moving Delhi bus in an attack that horrified India. (
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The gang-rape triggered massive protests over the levels of violence against women, but in the last 12 months reported cases of local and foreign women being attacked have shot up significantly.
Six men were sentenced to life in prison last July for the gang-rape and robbery of a 39-year-old Swiss woman cyclist who had been holidaying in the central state of Madhya Pradesh.