Photojournalist gang-raped while on assignment
Published: 2013 August 23 14:32:04 (4647 Views)
A 22-year-old photojournalist has been gang-raped by five men in the Indian city of Mumbai, police say.
The woman, who was on assignment on Thursday evening in the Lower Parel area when she was attacked, is in hospital with multiple injuries.
She was accompanied by a male colleague who was beaten by her attackers.
Police have arrested one of the suspects.
In a similar case last December, a 23-year-old student was gang-raped on a bus in the capital, Delhi.
In that case, the woman and her male friend were brutally assaulted and she later died in hospital from her injuries.
The attack sparked nationwide protests and forced the authorities to introduce tougher laws for crimes against women.
The victim of Thursday's attack worked as an intern with a Mumbai-based English magazine and had gone to the Shakti Mills - a former textile mill that now lies abandoned and in ruins - for a photo shoot, police said.
She has been admitted to Jaslok hospital in Mumbai.
Police have released sketches of the five men they are seeking Police have released sketches of the five men they are seeking.
Mumbai police commissioner Satyapal Singh said the incident took place between "6pm and 6:30pm on Thursday" and described it as "reprehensible".
"The man [victim's male colleague] was clicking pictures on a camera while the girl was taking pictures on her mobile phone in the dilapidated building when one accused accosted them and inquired why they were there at the railway property," he said.
"He later called four more men to the spot. They tied the male colleague's hands with a belt and took the girl to the bushes and raped her."
Mr Singh said nearly 20 teams had been formed to investigate the case and that all the accused had been identified.
Earlier, police said 35 people had been detained and were being questioned.
"She [the victim] is stable. We hope she has [a] speedy recovery. She is able to speak but is slightly depressed," the hospital where the woman is being treated said in a statement on Friday afternoon.
- BBC
The woman, who was on assignment on Thursday evening in the Lower Parel area when she was attacked, is in hospital with multiple injuries.
She was accompanied by a male colleague who was beaten by her attackers.
Police have arrested one of the suspects.
In a similar case last December, a 23-year-old student was gang-raped on a bus in the capital, Delhi.
In that case, the woman and her male friend were brutally assaulted and she later died in hospital from her injuries.
The attack sparked nationwide protests and forced the authorities to introduce tougher laws for crimes against women.
The victim of Thursday's attack worked as an intern with a Mumbai-based English magazine and had gone to the Shakti Mills - a former textile mill that now lies abandoned and in ruins - for a photo shoot, police said.
She has been admitted to Jaslok hospital in Mumbai.
Police have released sketches of the five men they are seeking Police have released sketches of the five men they are seeking.
Mumbai police commissioner Satyapal Singh said the incident took place between "6pm and 6:30pm on Thursday" and described it as "reprehensible".
"The man [victim's male colleague] was clicking pictures on a camera while the girl was taking pictures on her mobile phone in the dilapidated building when one accused accosted them and inquired why they were there at the railway property," he said.
"He later called four more men to the spot. They tied the male colleague's hands with a belt and took the girl to the bushes and raped her."
Mr Singh said nearly 20 teams had been formed to investigate the case and that all the accused had been identified.
Earlier, police said 35 people had been detained and were being questioned.
"She [the victim] is stable. We hope she has [a] speedy recovery. She is able to speak but is slightly depressed," the hospital where the woman is being treated said in a statement on Friday afternoon.
- BBC
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