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Indian police arrested a fifth suspect Sunday in the alleged gang
rape of a female photographer, authorities said, in a case that has renewed
outrage over safety of women in the nation.
Soon after the sexual assault
Thursday, police chief Satyapal Singh said they were searching for five
suspects.
The alleged rape of the 23-year-old woman in the financial hub of Mumbai is the
latest shocking sexual assault to make headlines in the South Asian nation.
The photographer and a male
colleague were on assignment in the area for a print publication when some men
approached them, according to Mumbai police commissioner Satypal Singh.
The two had walked from a train station to a
nearby mill, the woman said in a statement released by police. One of the men
claimed to be a railway employee and said, "Our boss has seen you taking
photos; you will have to come with us."
According to the woman, he
refused to let her talk to his boss, instead leading them away. Then, somewhere
near the exit, one of the accused pointed at the photojournalist's colleague,
saying he was responsible for a killing a few days ago.
"I pleaded with them to let
us go, but they shouted at me and threatened me," the woman said. She and
her colleague were taken further inside the mill complex.
There, they offered their camera
and phone, begging to be let go. Instead, "they tied my friend's hands
with (a) belt" as two others joined the group, the woman said.
"Three people stayed with my
friend, and the two took me behind a wall," she added.
That's where the attack allegedly
occurred. The victim said her mother called her phone multiple times, before
one of the men switched it off. The woman said she was threatened with, among
other things, sharp pieces of a broken beer bottle.
Police have since released
sketches of all five suspects.
The victim was in stable
condition at a local hospital.
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