An auto-rickshaw driver has been arrested in Mumbai for allegedly raping a 20-year-old woman, found late Tuesday at a railway station — with stones and a surgical blade — wrapped in plastic, in her private parts.
The accused has been charged with rape, but according to an NDTV report, preliminary inquiries by the police suggest there is much more to this story. They believe the woman inserted the objects into her body herself.
According to the police, the young woman lives with her family in Nalasopara, a township within the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, and she inserted the stone and blade into her body to avoid being scolded and beaten by her parents for being raped by the auto-rickshaw driver.
According to the cops, the young woman and the auto-rickshaw driver went to Arnala Beach, about 12 km from her home, where they had planned to spend the night. Since she did not have a valid ID, they could not get a hotel room and spent the night on the beach. It was then, the police believe, that she was raped.
The auto-rickshaw driver then fled the scene of the crime.
The young woman then went to the railway station in Nalasopara, said police sources. Returning home, after spending the night away and having to acknowledge the rape, she bought a surgical knife and inserted it into her private part, the police said. She also pushed stones into her body, the police added.
When she felt pain and experienced bleeding, she reached out to the local police, who later filed a case against the accused.
According to the NDTV report, the survivor told the police she was an orphan and lived with her uncle in Varanasi. They reportedly arrived in Mumbai on Sunday.
The cops also believe that the woman has mental health issues.
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