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== Arrests == | == Arrests == | ||
Police formed 20 teams and officers from 12 crime branch units and 16 police stations were involved in the case.<ref name="TOI2" /> Police detained 20 men after the victim lodged a complaint following the attack.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/mumbai-gangrape-photojournalist-identifies-assaulters-faints-in-court-during-trial/1183928/ |title=Mumbai gangrape: Photojournalist identifies assaulters, 'faints' in court during trial |newspaper=Indian Express |accessdate=18 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="zeenews1">{{cite web|author =J. D. Costa-Mumbai |url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/maharashtra/untraceable-mumbai-photojournalist-gang-rape-case-accused-found_879415.html |title='Untraceable' Mumbai photojournalist gang-rape case accused found |publisher=Zee News|date=26 September 2013 |accessdate=18 October 2013}}</ref> All five accused in the photojournalist case were arrested by Mumbai Police in about 65 hours after the complaint was registered around 8:30 am on 22 August.<ref name="dnaindia.com" /><ref name="TOI2" /> The accused in the gang rape of the photojournalist were Vijay Jadhav | Police formed 20 teams and officers from 12 crime branch units and 16 police stations were involved in the case.<ref name="TOI2" /> Police detained 20 men after the victim lodged a complaint following the attack.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/mumbai-gangrape-photojournalist-identifies-assaulters-faints-in-court-during-trial/1183928/ |title=Mumbai gangrape: Photojournalist identifies assaulters, 'faints' in court during trial |newspaper=Indian Express |accessdate=18 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="zeenews1">{{cite web|author =J. D. Costa-Mumbai |url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/maharashtra/untraceable-mumbai-photojournalist-gang-rape-case-accused-found_879415.html |title='Untraceable' Mumbai photojournalist gang-rape case accused found |publisher=Zee News|date=26 September 2013 |accessdate=18 October 2013}}</ref> All five accused in the photojournalist case were arrested by Mumbai Police in about 65 hours after the complaint was registered around 8:30 am on 22 August.<ref name="dnaindia.com" /><ref name="TOI2" /> The accused in the gang rape of the photojournalist were Vijay Jadhav, Siraj Rehman Khan alias Sirju, Chand Shaikh, Mohamed Kasim Hafiz Sheikh alias Kasim Bengali, and Mohammed Salim Ansari.<ref name="TOI2">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Mumbai-gang-rape-accused-says-gang-has-done-it-before/articleshow/22056571.cms |title=Mumbai gang rape accused says gang has done it before |newspaper=The Times of India |date=26 August 2013 |accessdate=11 July 2014}}</ref> The accused in the gang rape of the telephone operator were Vijay Jadhav, Mohamed Kasim Hafiz Sheikh, Mohammed Salim Ansari, Mohammed Ashfaq Sheikh (26) and an unnamed minor.<ref name="intodaymill">{{cite magazine|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mumbai-shakti-mill-gangrape-cases-verdict/1/350284.html |title=Mumbai court holds five guilty in two Shakti Mills gangrape cases |magazine=India Today |date=20 March 2014 |accessdate=8 April 2014}}</ref> | ||
Chand Shaikh was the first to be arrested. He was arrested in the early hours of 23 August from his residence in the Dhobi Ghat slum in Saat Raasta. He sold vegetables along with his grandmother for a living. Vijay Jadhav (aged 19) was the second accused to be arrested. He was sleeping at a video club at Dagad Chawl in Madanpura, when he was arrested by police at around 3:00 am on 24 August. He resided with a friend on Ramji Barucha Marg behind Dhobi Ghat at Agripada. His parents, two sisters and two brothers, stayed at a rented flat at Jai Ambe Park in Virar (East). He had previously been arrested in 2011 for breaking into a house. Siraj Rehman Khan alias Sirju (24) was arrested from a hideout in Govandi on 24 August based on information police obtained from interrogating Shaikh and Jadhav. He worked odd-jobs at shops for a living. Siraj Khan lived on a footpath near Dhobi Ghat at Agripada. His mother was dead, and he had no contact with his father.<ref name="TOI2" /> Siraj Rehman Khan was also an accused in another case in Thane.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-24572069 |title=BBC News – Mumbai gang-rape victim collapses while giving evidence |journal=BBC News |date= 17 October 2013|accessdate=18 October 2013}}</ref> Television news reports claimed that Siraj Khan, had escaped from the [[Thane]] jail where the accused had been detained. This was confirmed by Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) [[Ujjwal Nikam]] who stated, "Siraj Rahman Khan, an accused in Shakti Mills gang-rape case of photojournalist, is untraceable." The report was later found to be incorrect.<ref name="zeenews1" /> | Chand Shaikh was the first to be arrested. He was arrested in the early hours of 23 August from his residence in the Dhobi Ghat slum in Saat Raasta. He sold vegetables along with his grandmother for a living. Vijay Jadhav (aged 19) was the second accused to be arrested. He was sleeping at a video club at Dagad Chawl in Madanpura, when he was arrested by police at around 3:00 am on 24 August. He resided with a friend on Ramji Barucha Marg behind Dhobi Ghat at Agripada. His parents, two sisters and two brothers, stayed at a rented flat at Jai Ambe Park in Virar (East). He had previously been arrested in 2011 for breaking into a house. Siraj Rehman Khan alias Sirju (24) was arrested from a hideout in Govandi on 24 August based on information police obtained from interrogating Shaikh and Jadhav. He worked odd-jobs at shops for a living. Siraj Khan lived on a footpath near Dhobi Ghat at Agripada. His mother was dead, and he had no contact with his father.<ref name="TOI2" /> Siraj Rehman Khan was also an accused in another case in Thane.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-24572069 |title=BBC News – Mumbai gang-rape victim collapses while giving evidence |journal=BBC News |date= 17 October 2013|accessdate=18 October 2013}}</ref> Television news reports claimed that Siraj Khan, had escaped from the [[Thane]] jail where the accused had been detained. This was confirmed by Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) [[Ujjwal Nikam]] who stated, "Siraj Rahman Khan, an accused in Shakti Mills gang-rape case of photojournalist, is untraceable." The report was later found to be incorrect.<ref name="zeenews1" /> | ||