Mumbai: Mumbai Police had arrested the second accused of photojournalist brutal gang-rape in Mumbai late night on Friday. The second accused had been identified as Vijay Jadhav who had been arrested from a video parlour in Madanpura area of Mumbai. Police will produce both these two accused before the Bhoiwada magistrate court later on Saturday.
Police officials said that the other three accused Qasim Bengali, Saleem and Ashfaq are still out of reach of police. Twenty police teams, including 10 from the crime branch, are tracking their three other accomplices all of whom have been identified and are aged between 18 and 20.
However, the photojournalist was raped in a deserted textile mill in central Mumbai when she was out on an assignment on Thursday evening after the five accused assaulted and tied her male colleague. The woman and her colleague were doing a photo-shoot at the compound between 6 and 6.30pm when they were accosted by two suspects. They questioned the duo about their presence on the railway property and were soon joined by their accomplices. The victim has been admitted to Jaslok Hospital and underwent a minor surgical procedure on Friday. She is said to be stable but depressed.
The police had arrested Chand Abdul Sattar who lives at Dhobi Ghat, close to the mill on Friday afternoon. The accused later confessed to the crime.
Mumbai police commissioner Satyapal Singh, in a press conference on Friday, said, “We have arrested one of the suspects who has named the others involved in the incident. The suspect has also confessed to the crime.”
The five men, all school dropouts, were jobless and visited the mill often. Two even have robbery cases registered against them.
Singh said, “The police prepared sketches based on the statement of the victim and the witness and made an arrest.”
The state government has said the case will be fast-tracked and offered services of Ujjwal Nikam as the lawyer to fight the woman’s case.
Bureau Report
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