ROHTAK, India — Police officers in northern India on Tuesday arrested three men suspected of kidnapping and raping a 20-year-old college student last week, allegedly targeting her a second time as punishment for accusing them of raping her before.

The men were among a group of five accused of assaulting the woman three years ago. Two of the three men arrested on Tuesday had been the only ones charged in the 2013 rape case and were out on bail when the second assault is said to have occurred, according to K.P. Singh, the director general of police in the northern Indian state of Haryana.

The shocking nature of the allegations drew politicians and activists to the local police station and the hospital where the woman was being treated. Some excoriated the police for waiting six days to make an arrest.

Investigators said they were waiting for forensic evidence to determine whether the woman had been raped a second time.