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When the December 16 gang-rape and murder of a Delhi medical student made headlines, residents of the Maximum City probably thought such a thing could never happen in their metropolis. On Thursday, this belief was shattered for the eighth time, when a photojournalist in her early 20s was gang-raped by five men at around 6 pm, while on assignment with a male colleague.
According to police, the victim of Thursday's assault worked with a Mumbai-based English magazine and had gone to the Shakti Mills - a former textile mill that now lies abandoned and in ruins - for a photo shoot.
. Photojournalist gang-raped in Mumbai, one arrested
. Photojournalist gang-raped in Mumbai, one arrested
Mumbai saw a huge 45% rise in sexual harassment cases in 2012, even as incidents of rape and sexual assault also grew, according to data from the National Crime Records Bureau released in June 2013.
The attack has led to outrage across the country with many taking to social media to express their anger.
. 28 July 2013 | A man tries to rape a young nurse in an early morning local train and throw her on the tracks as she was travelling alone to report to work; the policeman assigned to the coach plays truant.
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. 27 June 2013 | A 22-year-old Worli resident’s decision to order pizza for dinner lands her in hospital with serious head injuries and stab wounds, after a teenaged pizza delivery boy attempts to rape and kill her. The 17-year-old accused flees with the victim’s gold chain and mobile phone, is arrested from his home in Worli Koliwada.
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. 22 June 2013 | The Chembur police arrest three youths for allegedly raping a minor girl for two days before allowing her to go on June 20. The accused had taken the victim to a hutment in Chembur's Lal Dongar locality where they made her drink alcohol and later raped her.
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. 17 march 2013 | A 30-year-old woman is allegedly gang-raped by seven men in her house near Matunga railway station. The victim registers a complaint against five unknown men and two people known to her husband. She tells the police she was forced to have unnatural sex with them.
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. 4 May 2013 | A four-year-old girl, who had gone missing from her home in Kandivali, is found in Malvani the same day. While police deny any sexual assault, her medical examination at Nair Hospital clearly confirms rape.
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. 27 April 2013 | A schoolgirl is raped by four young men at the residence of one of the youth in Vakola, Santa Cruz (East), where she was invited for a birthday party.
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. 14 March 2013 | A 23-year-old woman is allegedly gang raped by four persons at knife point at her lover's residence in suburban Vile Parle. Her lover, a taxi driver, is assaulted.
