Mumbai Gangrape

Mumbai gangrape case: Editor to be examined as defence witness

A Mumbai sessions court, conducting the trial in the Shakti mill telephone operator gangrape case, on Monday allowed defence lawyers to examine the editor of a city-based English daily as a witness.

Mumbai gangrape: Victim's colleague deposes before court

The 22-year-old magazine photojournalist had gone with her colleague to the deserted Shakti Mills compound located in the central Mumbai, on an assignment on 22 August last year when five men gangraped her at the abandoned mill, after bashing him up.

Bombay HC refuses to stay trial in Shakti Mills gangrape case

Hearing the plea of the accused for transfer of Shakti Mills gangrape case, the Bombay High Court on Friday refused to stay the trial in the lower court and asked their lawyers to make a proper representation.

Safe no more? 229 rapes, 8 gangrapes in Mumbai in 8 months

Mumbai city has witnessed 237 rapes, including eight gangrapes till August this year, with police saying that in most cases, the victims knew the accused, majority of whom were either "friends and lovers" or neighbours.

Seventeen-year-old girl gangraped by four men in Mumbai

A 17-year-old girl was allegedly gangraped by four men in suburban Borivali last night, the police said here today.

Shakti Mill gangrape: Victim's friend deposes before court

The friend of the 18-year-old telephone operator who was allegedly gang-raped at the Shakti Mills compound on July 31 deposed before the court here today.

Shakti Mills gangrape: Survivor identifies accused, faints in court

A photo-journalist, survivor of the gangrape in a deserted mill, fainted while making her deposition before a court and was taken to a local hospital.

Mumbai gangrape: Photojournalist faints in court during deposition

"The rape survivor fainted during the deposition after which we stopped the proceedings and I requested the court that she be referred for medical help," special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said.

Mumbai gangrape: Survivor likely to depose on Thursday

Two witnesses, including mother of the photojournalist who was allegedly gangraped in the Shakti Mill compound here on August 22, deposed before a sessions court on the second day of the trial today.

Mumbai gangrape: Police press charge under IT Act against accused

The Mumbai police today added an offence under the Information Technology Act to the charges in the photojournalist gang-rape case, as one of the four accused had allegedly showed a porn video clip to the survivor during the crime on August 22.