External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has sought information from the Uttar Pradesh government on a news report of a young Swiss couple being attacked by a group of youths in the Fatehpur Sikri on Sunday.

Swaraj said that her office will reach out to the couple in the hospital. "I have just seen this. I have asked for a report from the state government. My officers will reach them in the hospital," Swaraj tweeted.

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- Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) October 26, 2017

According to the report, a couple from Lausanne in Switzerland was chased and attacked with stones and sticks by a group of youths in the Fatehpur Sikri on Sunday, leaving them battered and bruised.

Quentin Jeremy Clerc, 24, who came to India on September 30 with his girlfriend Marie Droz, also 24, was quoted as saying that they were strolling near the railway station at the Fatehpur Sikri after a day in Agra when the group started following them and later attacked.

The couple said as they lay on the ground bloodied and bruised, bystanders began taking videos of them on their mobile phones, according to the report.

An FIR has been registered in the case and one accused has been arrested for the alleged attack on the Swiss couple.

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Swiss couple attacked: Sushma Swaraj seeks report from UP government, one arrested

The Swiss couple was allegedly attacked by a group of youths near Fatehpur Sikri in Agra.