silenced Survivor speaks up, three booked for gangrape in 2014
NAVI MUMBAI, July 1 -- Three men were booked 11 years after they gangraped a woman in Uran and silenced her with threats. The survivor recently filed a complaint with the Maharashtra State Women's Commission and the Uran police registered the case on Monday.
As per the FIR, in October 2014, while her husband was not at home, the three accused Mahesh Dhanaji Naik, 42, Subhash Parshuram Naik, 47, and Jeevan Pandurang Gawand, 54, entered the survivor's house under the pretext of providing some election related information. The police said that the accused overpowered the woman, held her by her waist, restrained her hands, covered her mouth, and dragged her to the kitchen where they took turns to sexually assault her. They threatened to kill her husband and family if she revealed the incident to anyone, and the woman remained silent for years. Recently, the survivor finally spoke up. The Uran police recorded her statement and registered a case under sections of the IPC....
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