A 23-year-old South Korean student has been allegedly raped by a hotel owner's son in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, a senior police official said Saturday.

"The incident happened last month. But the South Korean student reported it to the police this week. She claims that she was raped by the son of the owner of a hotel where she had put up during a visit to the Bandhavgarh National Park in the state," he said on condition of anonymity.

The police have been probing the incident though no arrests have been made yet, the official said, adding that the South Korean Embassy in the national capital has been informed about the incident.

The latest rape incident came barely a month after the horrific gangrape of another 23-year-old medical student in the Indian capital shocked the country and sparked massive public outcry.

The girl, who was gangraped by six people on a moving bus, died earlier last month at a hospital in Singapore, where she was shifted after her condition worsened at a government hospital in the national capital.

Five of the accused are currently on trial and have been charged with rape and murder while the sixth accused is likely to get away lightly after a court ruled that he is a juvenile, under 18 years of age.