DHAKA: A 38-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped at the weekend in a northern Indian state whose government is under fire over a string of sexual attacks.

Police said on Monday, reports The Straits Times.

The woman had gone out shopping for medicine on Friday night when three men lured her to an under-construction house and allegedly attacked her in Uttar Pradesh state, a senior police officer said.

‘Two of the three accused have been arrested,’ senior superintendent LR Kumar told media. ‘We are on a look out for the third offender’.

The woman lodged a complaint over the attack with police at the weekend in the town of Bisauli, Badaun district.

BDST: 1717 HRS, JUNE 16, 2014