An injured British woman is recovering in India after leaping from a third-floor hotel window when the establishment's owner apparently tried to force his way into her room.

The tourist told police she requested a 4am wake-up call but the manager who came to her door allegedly offered her a massage and refused to leave.

She fled by jumping from the balcony of the building in the northern city of Agra, close to the Taj Mahal. The hotel owner was later arrested.

The Foreign Office said it was providing consular assistance to the woman, who injured her legs.

Senior superintendent Subhah Chandra Dubey said the hotel owner claimed to have knocked on the tourist's door after staff failed to rouse her on the intercom.

Mr Dubey said the woman was moved to another hotel and allocated two female constables as security.

A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are aware of an incident involving a British national in Agra, India.

"We are in contact with the local authorities and are providing assistance to the British national."

The incident comes days after a Swiss woman was gang raped while cycling through a neighbouring state with her husband.

The woman was attacked on Friday when the couple stopped to camp in a forest in the Datia district of Madhya Pradesh.

She said she was raped by seven or eight men but was unable to specify the precise number as it was dark.

Six men, said to be farmers from nearby villages, faced court on Monday charged with gang rape.

The attack came three months after the fatal gang rape of a woman on a New Delhi bus which sparked outrage across India and made global headlines.

Agra, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, is part of India's famed Golden Triangle and draws hordes of tourists every year.