Gang-raped in India

Daniel Politi has a Slate article, quoting The Hindu newspaper, about why people shouldn't go to India:

A Swiss tourist was gang-raped near the Civil Lines police station in the Datia district of Madhya Pradesh, police sources told The Hindu. The 39-year-old woman and her partner were on a cycling trip from central to north India, when eight men attacked the couple. The sources confirmed that the medical examination indicated, prima facie, that the woman was “brutally raped”. The attackers also robbed the couple.
After spending the day in picturesque Orchha town, known for its several forts and temples, the couple were camping about 250 metres off National Highway 75, a furlong from the local police station, inside the forest. According to local journalists, a few villagers had met the couple as they arrived. However, seven or eight men came back later with clubs and, after an altercation, started beating up the man.
The attackers “tied up the man and gang-raped the woman in his presence”, Deputy Inspector General D.K. Arya told The Hindu. Once the woman’s complaint was registered, she was taken to the Gwalior district for a medical test around 8 am, as Datia does not have lady doctors to conduct medical tests. By midday, the test was conducted and rape was “informally” confirmed by a three-member panel of doctors at the Kamalaraje Women and Children’s Hospital in Gwalior. Later, the woman was brought back to Datia. “She is with us in Datia and out of danger,” Arya said.
The DIG confirmed that, so far, “fifty to sixty villagers” from Datia and adjoining areas had been detained, and a massive operation launched to nab the culprits. The attackers stole twelve thousand rupees and a mobile phone from the woman, the sources said.
In 2003, a 36-year-old female Swiss diplomat was abducted from the car park of a popular New Delhi auditorium by two men, who drove away with her, raped her, and dropped her off nearby. No one has been convicted for that attack.
Our New Delhi Special Correspondent writes:

The Swiss embassy, which has been in touch with the local authorities, called for swift investigation and justice in the incident.
Swiss ambassador Linus von Castelmur spoke to the victim and her partner and assured them of all possible support. Their health and treatment is the priority at the moment, said embassy officials. “The embassy is most distressed over the incident,” the Swiss ambassador said in a statement.

The Hindu has a further report:

Two days after a Swiss tourist was allegedly gang-raped in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh police arrested five accused and recovered the mobile and the laptop robbed from the victim and her husband.
“We have arrested five persons who raped the Swiss woman and recovered her mobile and laptop,” Deputy Inspector General D.K. Arya told this paper.
The five arrested were identified as Baba, Bhutha, Rampro, Gaza (alias Brajesh), and Vishnu Kanjar. “The sixth accused, identified as Nitin Kanjar, is absconding and we are hopeful of arresting him soon,” he said.
The 39-year-old Swiss woman, on a cycling trip along with her husband, was allegedly gang-raped at a forest area in Datia district, on the night of 15 March. Earlier, the police had detained over twenty people and, on the basis of leads provided by them, the arrests were made. The woman has left for New Delhi, the DIG said.
Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Uma Shankar Gupta said the incident was “unfortunate”, but claimed foreign tourists were not following rules on informing local police about their movements. “What happened is unfortunate for our nation. When foreign tourists come, they should inform the local Superintendent of Police about their plans. This is the system, but it is not being followed,” he said.
The alleged offence took place at Jhadia village, eight kilometerss from Datia town, at around 9 pm on 15 March, when the woman, along with her partner, was touring the region on a bicycle as part of their India tour.
The couple, 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 and looted by some persons who took away their laptops and other valuables.

Rico says that there's been a spate of rapes in India of late, of both Indian women and female tourists. They gotta get their young men under control, or start providing sex workers... (But isn't 'unfortunate' just a little understated for a gang-rape? And their tour turned out a bit more adventurous than they'd planned on...)