Mumbai Crime: Man rapes and impregnates sister-in-law

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A sessions court sentenced a man to 10 years of imprisonment on Monday for sexually assaulting and impregnating his sister-in-law. The victim stated that the accused, also her brother-in-law, worked as a watchman. In 2015, when she went to stay over with her sister for a few days at her home as the accused was on night duty. During one of the nights when she was at her sister's house, the accused skipped work to stay home and when everyone was asleep, he raped her.

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The victim kept mum about the assault and neither raised her voice nor confronted her sister as she was embarrassed about the situation. The case came to light when the victim was admitted in the hospital due to vomiting and nausea. It was then that they found out that she was pregnant, following which she then confided her family about the incident and approached the police to file a case against the accused. While the victim's mother told the court she wanted the accused to be released from jail, her father was against the prosecution's case.

Recent rape cases in Mumbai

TV actor and fitness model, Karan Oberoi was arrested by the Oshiwara police on May 6. The Oshiwara police have registered a case against him for allegedly raping an astrologer on the pretext of marrying her. The victim also alleged that the accused recorded a video on his mobile after sedating her and also extorted money from her. As per the FIR, the victim met the accused through a dating application in October 2016. They became friends and the victim met the accused in his flat in Andheri where he promised to marry her. One day, the accused offered coconut water to the victim. After the woman drank it, she suddenly started to feel dizzy. She claimed that the accused then raped her and also recorded it on his phone.

The Virar police have arrested one of the two accused who had allegedly raped a 15-year-old last month. The other accused is still at large. The arrested accused is a 28-year-old auto driver who stays at Phoolpada in Virar while his native place is Akluj, Kolhapur district. The police created a sketch of the accused with the help of the survivor, and showed it to their informers. They got the contact numbers of both accused and on taking the CDR etc, they found it matched the date, timing and location of the crime, said an officer from the Virar police station.

A 40-year-old mentally challenged woman was allegedly raped by an unknown person in Andheri. Following the complaint, a case of rape has been registered at Andheri police station. According to the police, the woman is mentally challenged and was lured by the accused into following him away from her residence in Andheri East. "The incident occurred on April 28, when the woman was sitting outside her house in Andheri. The unknown person approached her and started a conversation with her. After discussing something with her for some time, the accused then asked her to come with to some distance," said a police officer.

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