Lucknow: In a Bizarre incident, three persons were arrested for attacking a young Swiss Couple. A group of four youths in Fatehpur Sikri of Agra in Uttar Pradesh attacking a young Swiss couple. All three arrested are minor.
The Doctors at the Apollo Hospital in Delhi, where the couple has been admitted, said the victims, Quentin Jeremy Clerc, 24, with his female friend Marie Droz, also 24, who came to India on is on 30 September are recovering.
The Attack occurred on Sunday, all the four attackers have been identified, police said.
The Dr. Rajendra Prasad, from a neurosurgeon in Apollo Hospital, said that Clarc has been transferred from ICU to Ward. The doctor said that Droz has a fracture in his hand, but he has been discharged after treatment. The Prasad said, “We have gone to him in a room from ICU. He has a hearing problem, otherwise he is being conscious and talking,” Prasad said, it is difficult to say at this time whether he has sustained permanent hearing loss have faced, he is improving but we have to look in the long term, he said, The Prasad said that both the victims are in shock condition and Droz is present with his male friend.
According to the media about the incident, a group of four youths in Fatehpur Sikri tourist town, about 40 km from Agra, chased the couple and attacked with stones and sticks, the couple is from Lausanne in Switzerland.
The Embassy of Switzerland in New Delhi said in a statement and confirmed that two Swiss citizens were attacked in India,” the Embassy said in a statement that in the framework of consular protection services, the Embassy is providing support to them. For reasons of privacy and data protection, the embassy cannot provide further information in this regard. “
The External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj sought information from the Uttar Pradesh government on the attack. She also said that her office will reach the couple. The Sushma Swaraj said in the morning tweet, “I have seen it now. I have asked for a report from the state government. My officials will reach them in the hospital.
The Union Minister of State for Tourism K J Alphons left a letter to Yogi Adityanath, which said that this incident can have a negative impact on the image of the country. The Alphons said that he was “deeply worried” about the attack. The minister wrote, “Quick and quick response will be assured in identifying and ensuring fast action, including the conviction, and there will also be a good message of our efforts to stop the recurrence of such incidents.”
The Union cultural minister Mahesh Sharma, in the tourism department before the recent reshuffle, he said that this incident is a matter of shame for the country. This incident was exposed a day after the concluding of ‘Perta Pav’, the biggest tourist festival in India, whose objective is to increase the spread of tourism in the country.
I condemn the attacks on foreign tourists; it is unfortunate and should not have happened. It is a shame for us, he said In Delhi.
The ADG Chandra Prakash said that on October 22, someone informed the dial 100 about the incident, after which the couple was admitted to the primary health center and later admitted to a private hospital in Agra.
As the couple did not file an FIR, in this case, the police themselves registered the NCR (non-cognizable report),” he said, after a medical report, a tourist was found to have fracture in one hand, The relevant sections of the IPC were involved in the FIR.
The couple said that as they were lying on the ground, bloodied and bruised, bystanders started taking videos on their mobile phones.