Police have arrested the last of five men wanted in connection with the gang-rape of a photojournalist in Mumbai. They said charges would be filed soon in a case that has caused public outrage and renewed the debate over whether women can be safe in India. The victim, a 22-year-old Indian woman, said she was anxious to return to work after Thursday night’s assault, in which five men repeatedly raped her while her male colleague was beaten and tied up in an abandoned textile mill in the country’s financial capital. A statement from Jaslok hospital, where the woman has been since the attack, said her condition was being monitored but that she was “much better” and is being visited by her family. Indian law forbids identifying rape victims by name. Police arrested the fifth suspect on Sunday in Delhi, the capital, after rounding up the other four in Mumbai. “We will file a comprehensive charge sheet soon,” said Mumbai’s police commissioner, Satyapal Singh. He said police had the evidence to prosecute the suspects, including the victim’s testimony and medical samples taken at the hospital where she was treated after the assault. It is rare for rape victims to visit police… Read full this story
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