Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj has sought a detailed report after a Swiss couple were stalked and brutally thrashed on the outskirts of Fatehpur Sikri in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday that raised concerns over safety of foreign tourists.
"The boys wouldn't stop walking along despite our protests. All the while they kept taking pictures and trying to get close to Marie. From whatever little we could understand, they were asking our names and the place where we had put up in Agra. They were harassing us. They asked us to accompany them to some place, which we refused. A little after stones and sticks began to rain on me. When Marie intervened, she, too, wasn't spared," the couple told the Times of India.
They said that as they lay on the ground bloodied and bruised, bystanders began taking videos of them on their mobile phones, according to the report.
Following the reports, Sushma Swaraj tweeted, "I have just seen this. I have asked for a report from the state government. My officers will reach them in the hospital,"
Dr Rajendra Prasad, neurosurgeon at Apollo Hospital, where the couple was admitted, said Clerc has been shifted to a room from the ICU. The doctor said that Droz has a fracture in the arm but has been discharged after treatment.
"We have moved him out of the ICU into a room. He is having a hearing problem otherwise he is conscious and talking," said Prasad.
The doctor informed that it is difficult to say at the moment whether the hearing problem will be a permanent one.
"He's improving but we will have to see in the long term," said the doctor.
He added that Droz, who has a fracture in her arm, has been discharged, but at present is with her friend.
Prasad said that the duo is in shock after the incident.
