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Written By: Admin | Updated : August 23, 2013 12:55 PM IST
A 23-year-old woman photographer was allegedly gang-raped by a five men in Mahalaxmi area in Mumbai on Thursday evening. Working for a city magazine, the woman had gone for an assignment to Shakti Mills compound near Famous Studio at around 6 pm. She was accompanied by a male colleague. It is not clear whether he was a journalist as well.
According to initial reports, the two visited the mill to take photographs. They were then told by a group of five men that they would require permission to take pictures. On this pretext, the duo was taken to a area where the male colleague was tied up and the girl raped.
The Shakti Mills compound is infamous for drug addicts. The area where the girl was raped has a dilapidated building which is deserted. The girl reached Jaslok Hospital at Peddar Road at around 10 pm. Hospital authorities who treated her informed the NM Joshi Marg police about the case.
It is still unclear how the girl reached the hospital. The identity and number of men who violated her is not immediately clear. Police teams have reached the spot and are investigating the case. Three drug addicts have been picked up for questioning. A total of 20 people have been detained by the Mumbai police.
Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil told dnathat the government had taken serious note of this and that they will do everything possible to nab the culprits. (Also read: Mumbai photographer gang rape: India - no country for women)
Updates:
-Uproar in Lok Sabha over the gang-rape of the photojournalist. BJP leader Smriti Irani said that only 33% complaints made by women are converted into FIRs. She also questioned, ' For how long can we be muted spectators to such crimes against women?'
- ' I have spoken to the Mumbai police commissioner. He has taken one accused into custody. They are still searching for others, ' says home minister Sushilkumar Shinde.
-The police are scheduled to hold a press conference at around 1.30pm to further inform the public about the fact that they have arrested all the accused. As many as 12 police teams fanned the city throughout the night in a search to apprehend the suspects.
- A special squad has been formed by the local police as well as by the Crime Branch to probe into the case and investigators have fanned out across the city to trace the accused.
- The doctors at Jaslok Hospital have said that her condition is serious but stable. ' With regards to patient confidentiality, we cannot give you any further information. We would request you to contact the right authorities for any further information. In order to ensure smooth services to all our patients, we request the media and television crews present at the hospital gate to avoid causing traffic congestion, ' said Dr Tarang Gianchandani, Acting CEO & Director - Medical Services, Jaslok Hospital.
- Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh has said that the accused are alleged to be drug peddlars. ' One of the man was caught smoking, but we are not yet sure,' he said. He also asserted that the accused will be arrested at all costs.
-Mumbai Police have released the sketches of the accused in the gangrape case. The police have also formed 12 teams which have spread out across the city to nab the five accused.
- Police claim the victim has identified two of the accused by their names. The girl told police that two of them were calling each other as Rupesh and Sajid, they said.
- In a statement given to police, the girl said the five goons were present in the Shakti Mills compound. They started making lewd remarks and harassed her. When her friend intervened, two of them assaulted him. Three others took the woman inside the dilapidated structure and raped her.
- Dr Taran Gyanchandani, acting CEO of the hospital, said, 'We are doing the needful...she is under strict observation. At the moment we can't say anything.'
- The statement of the victim's friend has been recorded and sketches of the culprits are being prepared, police said.
- The girl has sustained several injuries.
- Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil visited the victim at Jaslok hospital. 'This is a very serious matter. We have taken note of it. The accused will be arrested soon,' Patil told reporters outside the hospital.
-The police has released sketches of the accused
He said Mumbai Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh has been directed to ensure that the culprits are arrested soon.
Three days ago, a US woman was also attacked by an unidentified man in a first class ladies compartment between Marine Lines and Charni Road station.
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