Protest in India against rape

Several Mumbai residents streamed to the streets in peaceful demonstrations  following a brutal gang rape of a female journalist.

The female Student who has been working as intern for a local English language magazine was raped in turns by five men. She was on a Friday assignment taking photographs of an old and abandoned mill for a feature story on Mumbai’s collapsing buildings.

During the rape incident, her male companion who took the 22 year old student to the old textile mill was found tied with a belt and the female student raped in a nearby bush.

The rape incident has sparked widespread protest in Mumbai with many people demanding for justice and improved security for India’s women.

A second man suspected to be one the five rapists has been arrested and the police has assured of stern action.

The female journalist was rushed to Jaslok Hospital where she has been receiving treatment and her condition is said to be stabilizing.