Gwalior, Oct 9 (PTI) A large group of armed men barged into a house and opened fire as well as assaulted members of a family before abducting a pregnant woman in Gwalior district of Madhya Pradesh, police said on Thursday.

The incident took place in Gurja village, about 20 km from Gwalior late Wednesday night, they said.

"A group of armed men stormed the house, opened fire and attacked the members of a family residing there. Three persons were injured but nobody suffered gunshot wounds. Thereafter, the assailants took away a woman," Tighra police station house officer Shiv Kumar Sharma told reporters.

The injured were later hospitalised, he said.

Police have launched a probe and are trying to trace the woman, Sharma said, adding that as per the investigation conducted so far, it was a

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