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Agra: A Swiss couple was harassed and brutally attacked by a group of youth in Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, leaving the two with multiple injuries.

Quentin Jeremy Clerc, 24, and his girlfriend Marie Droz, also 24, hail from Lausanne in Switzerland. They came to India on September 30.

As per a report in Times of India, the duo was chased and attacked with stones and sticks by the group.

Taking note of the TOI report, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has sought a report from the Uttar Pradesh government on the matter.

I have just seen this. I have asked for a report from the State Government. / 1 https://t.co/NbJk4BF5iS via @TOICitiesNews — Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) October 26, 2017

My officers will reach them in the hospital. /2 — Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) October 26, 2017

Clerc, who is recuperating at the Apollo Hospital in Delhi, said that they were walking near the railway station at Fatehpur Sikri after spending the day in Agra when the youths started stalking them.

"They initially passed comments, which we didn't understand, and then forced us to stop so they could take selfies with Marie," Clerc told TOI.

Soon, the group started attacking the couple. Doctors said Clerc suffered a fractured skull and a clot in his brain. He is also unable to hear from one of his ears following the attack. Droz, on the other hand, suffered a broken arm and multiple bruises.

What's shocking is that people, not part of the group, instead of helping the couple who lay bloodied and bruised on the ground, started recording videos of them on their mobile phones.

"The boys wouldn't stop walking along despite our protests. All the while they kept taking pictures and trying to get close to Marie. From whatever little we could understand, they were asking our names and the place where we had put up in Agra. They were harassing us. They asked us to accompany them to some place, which we refused. A little after stones and sticks began to rain on me. When Marie intervened, she, too, wasn't spared," TOI quoted Clerc as saying.

Droz, who first thought she would be spared by the boys, said, "They hurled stones at both of us. I was hit on the back, shoulder and hand. I still cannot understand why they attacked us. They didn't take any of our valuables."

Reacting to a cop's alleged remarks that the group was instigated as the couple were kissing in public, Droz refuted and said these were only "rumours".

The report quoted circle officer at Achnera (Agra district), Satyam Singh, as saying that the couple "was not interested" in lodging a complaint with the police.

However, ANI reported today that a FIR has been registered in connection with the case against four unknown people. One of the accused has already been arrested.