Mumbai woman, raped and tortured with iron rod, dies in hospital

Mangalore Today News Network / NDTV

Mumbai, Sep 11, 2021: The 34-year-old woman raped and brutalised inside a stationary tempo in suburban Mumbai’s Sakinaka last week died this morning at a local hospital.

 

In a vile attack that bore a disturbing similarity to the attack on a medical student in Delhi in 2012, the woman was sexually assaulted and tortured - an iron rod was inserted into her body.

A team of police officers - alerted after the control room received an emergency call - found her lying in a pool of blood on Khairani Road.

She was rushed to the government-run Rajawadi Hospital.

A report by news agency PTI said preliminary inquiries found bloodstains inside the tempo, which was parked by the roadside during the assault.

One accused - 45-year-old Mohan Chouhan - has been arrested, PTI said, adding that he had been arrested under charges of rape and attempt to murder.Now that the woman has died, it is unclear if the charges will be revised to murder.