Photojournalist gang-raped in Mumbai

A 22 year old photojournalist was gang-raped on Thursday evening at Shakti mills compound in Lower Parel, south Mumbai. She was covering an assignment with a friend at around 8 p.m. when two men dragged her into a building, abused her and then called in three more men. They attacked her friend, beat him up and then raped her.

The woman has suffered multiple internal and external injuries and is being treated at Jaslok hospital. The doctors said that her condition is critical, but stable. The incident very much implicative to the another that took place last year in December, when a 23 year old medical student died of multiple injuries after being gang-raped in Delhi, is being investigated. The victim’s and her friend’s statement have been recorded and twenty people have been detained based on the sketches that were made. Maharashtra home minister R R Patil visited the victim and promised that the culprits would be arrested soon. The woman has reportedly said that two of her attackers called each other Rupesh and Sajid. Among those rounded up for questioning are some known drug abusers in the area, the cops said.