A 28-year-old woman was gangraped in in a northwest suburb of Mumbai while she was out with her husband, looking for a property.
Seven persons have been arrested in this case on Tuesday, while one accused individual is still on the run, police said.
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The incident took place on Monday night, police said.
According to the initial reports, the woman was looking for a house in the Shamnagar slum area along with her husband and was being assisted by a local woman resident. On Monday night, she and her husband stayed at the woman’s residence when the eight accused, who lived in the same area, allegedly raped her.
According to a report by NDTV, her husband was taken out by three men, while the other four men stayed back and raped the woman. But according to a PTI report, the woman was raped by all 8 men in front of her husband.
“After the incident, the woman and her husband reached Amboli Police Station to lodge a complaint. Police registered a case against eight persons, one of them had a criminal record,” Mumbai police spokesperson Ashok Dudhe told PTI.
The victim was discharged after being treated in a hospital.
A case under Section 376 D under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been filed by police, and investigations are still on. All accused are around 25-years-old, Hindustan Times reports.
(With inputs from PTI)
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