Raped & brutalised in Mumbai’s Andheri, woman dies; accused arrested

Raped & brutalised in Mumbai’s Andheri, woman dies; accused arrested
Times of India
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The 45-year old accused, a part-time driver who is also a pavement dweller, was tracked to Kurla late on Friday with the help of CCTV cameras and arrested. The woman had suffered severe injuries in her perineal area and some of her organs, including intestines, were spilling out when she was brought to the hospital,” said a senior doctor. The woman, assaulted outside Rashid Compound, was on ventilator at Rajawadi Hospital for roughly 28 hours before her death around 11.30 am on Saturday. Around 3.15 am on Friday, a security guard at Rashid Compound near Chandivli Studio had called the police control saying a woman was being assaulted inside a parked tempo all tempos parked outside belong to Rashid Compound. A Saki Naka police team reached the location within 10 minutes and found the injured woman. The accused, who is from UP, had fled by then. The CCTV footage showed him fleeing but we did not see him carrying any weapon used in the crime. The victim has suffered severe injuries and lost her life due to excess bleeding,” said a police officer.