MUMBAI: Three men
convicted of two gang rapes in the abandoned Shakti Mills in Mumbai last year
have been sentenced to death. The men were convicted yesterday under a new legal
provision that punishes repeat offenders with a life term or death sentence.
Vijay Jadhav, Kasim Bengali and Salim Ansari are the first to be sentenced to death under Section 376 E for repeat offenders, which was brought in force along with major changes in the law after the fatal gang-rape of a young student in Delhi in December, 2012.
The three men were the common factor in the gang rapes of a photojournalist and a telephone operator in the deserted mill in the heart of Mumbai, which ruptured the city's image as one of India's safest.
The group's crimes were exposed after the 23-year-old photojournalist's rape in August last, which sparked a fresh wave of outrage across the country, months after the Delhi gang rape.
The photographer was on assignment at the mill with a male colleague when five men tied him up and took turns to assault her, holding a broken bottle to her head. The attackers were found guilty of offences that included showing pornography to her and forcing her to perform similar acts, stripping her, and destroying evidence.
The phone operator came forward after reading about the photographer's ordeal.
The police describe the attackers as unemployed school dropouts and neighbours say they were a gang known for petty theft and drinking in the area.
Vijay Jadhav, Kasim Bengali and Salim Ansari are the first to be sentenced to death under Section 376 E for repeat offenders, which was brought in force along with major changes in the law after the fatal gang-rape of a young student in Delhi in December, 2012.
The three men were the common factor in the gang rapes of a photojournalist and a telephone operator in the deserted mill in the heart of Mumbai, which ruptured the city's image as one of India's safest.
The group's crimes were exposed after the 23-year-old photojournalist's rape in August last, which sparked a fresh wave of outrage across the country, months after the Delhi gang rape.
The photographer was on assignment at the mill with a male colleague when five men tied him up and took turns to assault her, holding a broken bottle to her head. The attackers were found guilty of offences that included showing pornography to her and forcing her to perform similar acts, stripping her, and destroying evidence.
The phone operator came forward after reading about the photographer's ordeal.
The police describe the attackers as unemployed school dropouts and neighbours say they were a gang known for petty theft and drinking in the area.
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