He said the woman, a resident of Varanasi, was molested by some miscreants, and was also beaten up.. Photo: Getty Images Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh: Eight people were Monday arrested for allegedly beating up and molesting a woman from Varanasi and leaving a French national injured when he tried to intervene.
The UP police, however, maintained that no French national was attacked.
The woman along with a group of French tourists and her relatives was visiting the Lakhania Dari Waterfall here when the incident took place.
A police spokesperson said, "No attack was made on any French national, but a French national sustained injuries to his hand as he tried to intervene in an altercation between two group of Indians."
He said the woman, a resident of Varanasi, was molested by some people and was also beaten up.
"About half a dozen French tourists were present in her vehicle," he said.
The woman later filed a complaint with the police, based on which the eight people were arrested, the officer added.
The spokesperson said that the woman in her police complaint had alleged that nearly a dozen people molested her and beat her. She said her relatives too were beaten up by the men.
In October, a young Swiss tourist couple were attacked by youths in Agra's Fatehpur Sikri in Uttar Pradesh, leaving them battered and bruised. The couple from Lausanne in Switzerland were chased and attacked with stones and sticks by a group of four youths in the tourist town of Fatehpur Sikri, about 40 km from Agra. The accused were later arrested.
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