NCW team meets Mumbai rape victim's kin, visits crime spot

The 34-year-old woman was raped and brutalised with a rod by a man inside a stationary tempo in suburban Sakinaka in the wee hours of Friday

Representative image. Credit: Aasawari Kulkarni/Feminism In India

Shocked by the Sakinaka murder-rape in Mumbai that bore similarity to the Nirbhaya incident, the National Commission for Women (NCW) has swung into action and a team visited Mumbai on Sunday.

The NCW has also taken objection to Mumbai Police commissioner Hemant Nagrale’s statement, who had said, “Police reached the spot within ten minutes. It can't be present at every crime location. They will reach only after getting information. Police worked to the best of their capability.”

“The statement is extremely unfortunate. Police can't run away from their responsibility,” NCW member Chandramukhi Devi stated.

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Meanwhile, an NCW team visited the family members of the rape-murder victim, a woman aged between 32-36 and a mother of two.

They also visited the crime scene and the civic-run Rajawadi Hospital, where she passed away after remaining unconscious for nearly 33 hours and the Sakinaka police station.

A 45-year-old man, Mohan Chauhan, a resident of Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh, has been arrested, and he is being questioned in detail. Chauhan works as a driver in Mumbai.

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