A woman raped and then dumped in a bush in India claims she was attacked by the same five men who first raped her three years ago.

The victim - a 20-year-old college student from India's lowest caste - was dragged inside a car, drugged and then assaulted.

4 The 20-year-old student, pictured speaking to local media from her hospital bed, claims she was raped a second time by the same men who attacked her in 2013 Credit: NDTV

4 The young woman had moved to Rohtak after she was first raped in a bid to escape her attackers Credit: Google Maps

She believes the men attacked her a second time because she refused to drop a court case against them for the 2013 assault.

She was first attacked when she and her family lived in Bhiwani. Two of those men were arrested, only to be released on bail.

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After this, she and her family relocated 30 miles east to the city of Rohtak in order to escape them.

The attackers' families attempted to settle the case out of court - but their £56,000 offer was refused by the woman.

Her brother told the Hindustan Times: "We had filed a case in the court for the arrest of the remaining three and re-arrest of the two out on bail.

"We were getting constant threats from the accused to reach a compromise outside the court, but we remained firm. That’s why they have attacked her again."

4 Protesters call on the government to do more to stop sexual assaults in the wake of a particularly horrific 2014 attack Credit: Getty Images

From her hospital bed, she told local broadcaster NDTV: "I came out of college and there were those very five men in the car.

"Three were inside and two of them were outside."

Police said they were planning to register a case against the accused and a team was travelling to Bhiwani to investigate.