[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Swiss nationals Quentin Jeremy Clerc and his girlfriend Marie Droz were brutally thrashed by a group of people near Fatehpur Sikri railway station on Wednesday

A day after a Swiss couple was brutally assaulted by a group of men near the Fatehpur Sikri railway station in Uttar Pradesh, the state police claims to have nabbed one of the attackers from the Agra-Rajasthan border while a manhunt has been launched to identify and arrest at least three other suspects.[/vc_column_text][vc_raw_html]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[/vc_raw_html][vc_column_text]The action by the police came hours after Union External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj asked the Yogi Adityanath government of Uttar Pradesh to submit a report on the incident.[/vc_column_text][vc_raw_html]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[/vc_raw_html][vc_column_text]Union tourism minister KJ Alphons too wrote the UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath stating that he was “deeply concerned that two Switzerland citizens were attacked and injured at Fatehpur Sikri” and urged Adityanath to ensure a “fast and speedy response in identifying and ensuring speedy action including conviction of the guilty”.

The Swiss couple – Quentin Jeremy Clerc, who came to India on September 30 with his girlfriend Marie Droz (both 24-year-old) – were reportedly stalked by a group of men while they were strolling near the Fatehpur Sikri railway station on Wednesday. The group then approached Marie Droz and allegedly began harassing her and demanding that she pose for selfies with them. When the couple objected, the group reportedly beat them up, leaving Clerc with a fractured skull and a clot in his brain while Droz suffered a fractured arm and several injuries all over her body. Adding to the couple’s nightmare, while passers-by didn’t come to their rescue while they were being thrashed, several bystanders later began clicking their photographs and videos while they lay on the road seeking help.[/vc_column_text][vc_raw_html]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[/vc_raw_html][vc_column_text]The couple is now receiving treatment at a hospital in New Delhi.

Meanwhile, politics seems to have begun over the attack. Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, on Thursday, alleged that the goons responsible for attacking the Swiss couple “must be BJP men” and that the law and order situation in the state had been deteriorating under the Adityanath regime.[/vc_column_text][vc_raw_html]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[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column][/vc_row]