NEW DELHI: A US woman has alleged that she was gang-raped in India by her tourist guide and his four accomplices, Indian media reported.

In an email to Indian police, the woman based in the United States says she was allegedly gang-raped by a group of five men at a five-star hotel near Connaught Place, The Times of India reported.

Report said the woman is ready to come to Delhi to record her statement once an FIR was registered.

In her complaint, the woman said she had arrived in Delhi early in March 2016 on a tourist visa and was staying at the five-star hotel near Connaught Place.

She had hired the tourist guide from an agency suggested by the hotel authorities.

The reported added, traumatised by the incident, the woman left India immediately and went back to the US.