A 22-year-old girl was gang-raped in a moving auto rickshaw by three  men  in Chandigarh late on Friday.

She was spotted by a passerby in a semi-conscious state in  a dense forest area near Sector 53 here.

The girl, who was later admitted to the PGI hospital, is  from Dehradun and was staying at a paying guest in Chandigarh. She was working in a private company.

Police have registered a case. A hunt is underway to nab the suspects.