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Pregnant woman is gang-raped by eight men after they tied up her husband and locked him in a van
Published: 16:29 BST, 3 August 2018
A heavily pregnant woman was allegedly gang-raped by eight men who tied up her husband and locked him in a van in India.
The 20-year-old woman, who is eight months pregnant, had travelled to Tasgoan, a city in the state of Mangarashtra, with her husband, a hotelier.
Police said the couple were looking to hire workers for their business, according to NDTV.
One of the alleged rapists, Mukund Mane, allegedly lured the husband to Turchi Pata by saying he knew someone who would take the job.
A heavily pregnant woman was allegedly gang-raped by eight men who tied up her husband and locked him in a van in India. Pictured, Indian students protest the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl child in India in April
Mane asked the husband to bring 20,000 rupees as an advance payment for the person.
But when the couple arrived for the meeting, Mane and his accomplices beat them and robbed them of cash and their belongings.
They allegedly bound the man and locked him inside his vehicle before gang-raping his wife.
The alleged rapists warned the couple against reporting the incident to police because ‘nobody would listen to them,’ according to NDTV.
The couple eventually reached Tashoan police station where they filed a report.
India has been shaken by a series of high-profile sexual assaults since 2012. Pictured, an activist holds a placard during a protest over the sexual assault of girls at a state-run home near Delhi
Ajay Sindkar, a police officer at the station, told the Times of India that four suspects allegedly assaulted the husband and locked him in his vehicle.
‘Four others took the woman to a nearby room, owned by one of the suspects, and raped her,’ he said.
He said the woman refused to undergo medical tests.
Three men have been detained in connection with the case, according to the Times.
India has been shaken by a series of high-profile sexual assaults since 2012, when a young woman was fatally gang-raped on a moving New Delhi bus.
That attack sparked protests calling for more protection for women, and harsher punishments for their attackers.
Since then, India's parliament has doubled prison terms for rapists to 20 years and criminalised voyeurism, stalking and the trafficking of women.
In April, India's cabinet passed an executive order making the rape of girls under 12 years old punishable by the death penalty.
But despite the increasingly stringent laws, women often remain relegated to second-class citizenship in Indian courts and police stations.
Pregnant woman is gang-raped by eight men after they tied up her husband and locked him in a van
- The 20-year-old woman went to the city of Tasgoan in India with her husband
- The couple were looking to hire a number of workers for their hotel business
- One of the suspects told the husband he knew someone who wanted the job
- When the couple arrived, the men allegedly bound the man and raped his wife
Published: 16:29 BST, 3 August 2018
A heavily pregnant woman was allegedly gang-raped by eight men who tied up her husband and locked him in a van in India.
The 20-year-old woman, who is eight months pregnant, had travelled to Tasgoan, a city in the state of Mangarashtra, with her husband, a hotelier.
Police said the couple were looking to hire workers for their business, according to NDTV.
One of the alleged rapists, Mukund Mane, allegedly lured the husband to Turchi Pata by saying he knew someone who would take the job.
A heavily pregnant woman was allegedly gang-raped by eight men who tied up her husband and locked him in a van in India. Pictured, Indian students protest the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl child in India in April
Mane asked the husband to bring 20,000 rupees as an advance payment for the person.
But when the couple arrived for the meeting, Mane and his accomplices beat them and robbed them of cash and their belongings.
They allegedly bound the man and locked him inside his vehicle before gang-raping his wife.
The alleged rapists warned the couple against reporting the incident to police because ‘nobody would listen to them,’ according to NDTV.
The couple eventually reached Tashoan police station where they filed a report.
India has been shaken by a series of high-profile sexual assaults since 2012. Pictured, an activist holds a placard during a protest over the sexual assault of girls at a state-run home near Delhi
Ajay Sindkar, a police officer at the station, told the Times of India that four suspects allegedly assaulted the husband and locked him in his vehicle.
‘Four others took the woman to a nearby room, owned by one of the suspects, and raped her,’ he said.
He said the woman refused to undergo medical tests.
Three men have been detained in connection with the case, according to the Times.
India has been shaken by a series of high-profile sexual assaults since 2012, when a young woman was fatally gang-raped on a moving New Delhi bus.
That attack sparked protests calling for more protection for women, and harsher punishments for their attackers.
Since then, India's parliament has doubled prison terms for rapists to 20 years and criminalised voyeurism, stalking and the trafficking of women.
In April, India's cabinet passed an executive order making the rape of girls under 12 years old punishable by the death penalty.
But despite the increasingly stringent laws, women often remain relegated to second-class citizenship in Indian courts and police stations.
