Mumbai Cops Hunt For 3 Who Gang-Raped Woman, Inflicted Cigarette Burns On Her Private Parts

A 42-year-old woman was gang-raped by three persons who broke into her home, injured her, and burned her private parts with cigarettes, and efforts are being made to apprehend them, police stated.

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A 42-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by three people who broke into her home, stabbed her with a sharp blade, and burned her private parts with cigarettes, news agency PTI reported on Sunday citing a Mumbai police official.

The incident occurred in Kurla in the early hours of Wednesday, according to the official, who added that the accused and victim live in the same neighbourhood.

"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 videoed the incident and threatened to circulate it if she approached police," the police official was quoted as saying by PTI. 

The woman told her story to neighbours, who contacted an NGO, and an FIR was filed, according to a Kurla police station official.

The trio has been charged under Indian Penal Code sections 376 (rape), 376D (gang rape), 377 (unnatural sex), 324 (voluntarily causing harm with a dangerous weapon), and other offences, he said, adding that efforts were being made to apprehend them.

According to the National Crime Records Bureau's (NCRB) 'Crime in India 2021' report, India recorded 31,677 cases of rape in 2021 - an average of 86 cases per day - while roughly 49 cases of crime against women were reported every single hour.

According to the data, overall offences against women increased by 13.2% in 2021 compared to the previous year. Rape, molestation, acid attack, cruelty by husband/his relatives, and domestic violence are examples of crimes against women.