India, July 12 -- A 40-year-old tribal woman was allegedly gang-raped after a group of men broke into her home during a suspected robbery attempt in Madhya Pradesh's Alirajpur district.

The incident took place on Friday night in a village under the Bori police station limits, when five to six men entered the woman's house and two of them allegedly raped her before fleeing with valuables, news agency PTI reported.

The woman suffered serious injuries and was later referred to a hospital in Indore, where she underwent surgery, police and local leaders said.

"Preliminary investigation suggests that a wooden object was inserted into her private parts," Alirajpur Superintendent of Police Raghuvansh Kumar Singh told PTI.

He said doctors have...