Attack on Swiss tourist came months after a 23-year-old Indian woman died following a gang rape on a bus in Delhi
Six men convicted of the gang rape of a Swiss woman in India earlier this year were sentenced to life imprisonment on Saturday.
The woman, 39, and her husband were attacked while camping in woodland in central Madhya Pradesh state.
The attack came months after a 23-year-old Indian woman died following a gang rape on a bus in Delhi, sparking protests across the country.
Days after the Swiss tourist was raped, changes to the laws were passed, containing stricter punishments for rapists, including the death penalty.
The men, aged between 22 and 30, were all from a village close to the scene of the rape. Five of the suspects were detained and put before the media soon afterwards and a sixth was later arrested. While all six were jailed for life on Saturday, reports suggest one of them was convicted of assaulting and robbing the couple, rather than the rape itself.
The couple had been on a long cycle tour, as they headed to the Taj Mahal in Agra in Uttar Pradesh, when they were assaulted and robbed in a dense area of forest in the Datia district on 15 March.
"It was a good judgment. It came early," said Rajendra Tiwari, a lawyer for the prosecution.