The Mulund police late on Saturday night arrested five youth who allegedly gangraped a 40-year-old widow in a forested area of Mulund early on Saturday. They were produced in court and sent to police custody while the hunt is on for the other accused in the case.
Assistant commissioner of police, Mulund division, Vasant Tajne said, “We have arrested Wahid Khan (23), Dastagir Khan (20), Wasit Sheikh (20), Ajay Gaichand (20) and Mahesh Maragaje (28).
All of them have allegedly gangraped her. They have been remanded to our custody by a magistrate’s court till September 30.”
On Sunday, a team of forensic officials visited the crime spot and took samples to prove the rape. The officials will also be provided with the clothes of the victim and the accused.
The Mulund police said that the victim is a ragpicker and hails from Nandurbar, where she used to live with her two children. She left her children back in the village and came to Mumbai in search of a job. She collects scrap and plastic for a living and lives on the pavement at Amar Nagar in Mulund, the police said.