Mumbai: Four disabled persons held for allegedly raping 19-year-old woman in Kurla

'One of the accused is a relative of the woman,' says a police official from Nehrunagar police station, Kurla

Four disabled persons including a man with hundred per cent visual impairment were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly raping a 19-year-old woman.

"One of the accused is a relative of the woman," said a police official from Nehrunagar police station, Kurla. The arrested accused were identified as S Khan (name changed) who is related to the woman, Jarman Faizul Sheikh (36), Manibur Sheikh (44) and Tariq Sheikh (44). Another accused, who is blind, is wanted in the case.

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"Sometime in April, this relative took the woman to his house in Shivaji Nagar locality, where she was given liquor to drink. Later, he and four of his friends allegedly raped her," the official said. After the woman became pregnant, she narrated the incident to her parents and approached police, following which four men were arrested.

While the woman's relative is blind in one eye, other arrested accused suffer from other kinds of disabilities. Police are conducting further probe.

(With inputs from PTI)

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