Second man held over Mumbai gang-rape of journalist

A second man has been arrested over
the gang-rape of a 22-year-old
journalist in the Indian city of Mumbai.
A 19-year-old man was arrested on
Friday over the attack at an abandoned
textile mill in the centre of the city. Three
others are still being sought.
The woman, who was on a photo
assignment with a male colleague at the
time, is in hospital with multiple injuries.
Her colleague was beaten.
The case has renewed public outrage
over sexual violence in India.
There were nationwide protests last
December following the gang-rape of a
23-year-old student on a bus in the
capital, Delhi. She later died from her
injuries.
The case led to the introduction of
tougher laws against sexual violence, but
many are asking whether these have had
any effect.
Silent protest
Police have promised swift justice and
deployed elite units to search for the
suspects, sketches of whom were
released on Friday.
A 19-year-old unemployed man from
south Mumbai was arrested on Friday,
and the second suspect was arrested
before dawn on Saturday.
The victim of Thursday's attack worked
as an intern with a Mumbai-based
English magazine and had gone to the
Shakti Mills - a former textile mill that
now lies abandoned and in ruins - with a
male colleague for a photo shoot, police
said.
"The man [victim's male colleague] was
clicking pictures on a camera while the
girl was taking pictures on her mobile
phone in the dilapidated building when
one accused accosted them and inquired
why they were there at the railway
property," Mumbai police commissioner
Satyapal Singh said on Thursday.
"He later called four more men to the
spot. They tied the male colleague's
hands with a belt and took the girl to the
bushes and raped her."
The "reprehensible" attack took place
between "6pm and 6:30pm", Mr Singh
said.
Hundreds of demonstrators have staged
a silent protest in the city, and many
people across India took to social media
to express their anger that another such
attack had been allowed to happen.
Photojournalists were among hundreds
who demonstrated against the rape in
Mumbai
The abandoned textile mill in Mumbai's
Lower Parel area where the
photojournalist was raped
The woman was dragged into bushes
where she was assaulted, police said
Police said nearly 20 teams had been
formed to investigate the case
Police have released sketches of the five
men they are seeking
The woman has been admitted to
Mumbai's Jaslok hospital where she is
being treated for multiple injuries