NEW DELHI: A Danish national has alleged that she was gang-raped by a group of men near New Delhi railway station on Tuesday night.

The Danish woman reportedly left the country on Wednesday morning. She took a flight to Copenhagen. She has also refused to undergo a medical test, police said.

The accused suspects are vagabonds, police said. The victim, who is around 51-year-old, has claimed that the men also robbed her after the sexual assault.

In her statement to the police, the woman has said she was in India for the past one week. The victim first went to Agra and then arrived in the capital on Tuesday.

The woman checked in a hotel (hotel Amax). Later she went to visit National Museum on Tuesday evening. On her way back to hotel in the evening, she lost her way.

When she was inquiring about the hotel she was accosted by suspects. The victim claims she was sexually assaulted by vagabonds near New Delhi Railway Station. The tourist was also robbed of her belongings including cash and other valuables.

She somehow reached her hotel and informed the police and the Danish embassy.

Police have detained six suspects in the case on the basis of information provided by the woman. A case of gang rape under section 376 G (2) of IPC and robbery has been registered and Delhi Police teams are raiding several places to nab the suspects.

The incident comes weeks after a 16-year-old woman claimed she was sexually assaulted in a similar manner around the same place. She had however retracted her statement later and said she had not been raped at all. The police are investigating all angles in this case as well.