Crime News-Mumbai woman gang-raped, private parts burnt with cigarettes

In yet another horrific incident, a 42-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by three persons. The accused trio break into her residence and attacked her with a sharp weapon before sexually assaulting her. The survivor suffered burn injuries on her private parts after being tortured using cigarettes The incident took place in Kurla in the early hours of Wednesday, news agency PTI, a Mumbai police official as saying on Sunday. The accused men lived not far from the woman's home.The accused raped her one by one and also performed unnatural sex. They singed her private parts with cigarettes and attacked her with a sharp weapon on the chest and both arms. One of the accused filmed the incident and threatened to circulate it if she approached police," the police officer told PTI.

According to the police, the survivor alleged in her complaint that on November 30 around 5am when she was sleeping in her house, someone knocked on the door. When she opened the door no one was outside, but the moment she turned to close it, three people barged into the house. One of the accused, who was carrying a knife, pushed the woman on the floor. He slashed her on the chest, hand and inflicted burn injuries on her private parts with cigarettes. The trio then sexually assaulted her and threatened to kill her, she said. The woman approached the Kurla police and her statement was recorded. She was admitted to Bhabha Hospital for two days, said a police officer.Based on her statement, an FIR was registered under the sections 376 (rape), 376 (d) (gang rape), 377 (unnatural offences), 452 (house-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint), 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 509 (Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman), 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (intentional insult) and 34 (common intent) of the Indian Penal Code, said deputy commissioner of police, Manoj Patil. The police said the accused have not been arrested yet as they are verifying the allegations and gathering evidence. “We have contacted the doctor to get a medical report regarding her allegations about the injuries on her body,” an officer of the Kurla police station, who is part of the investigation, said.