Mumbai: Dalit woman says kept as bonded labourer, raped by 11 and left for dead
Updated on: 07 July,2023 06:55 AM IST | Mumbai
Her husband who works with her at Satara charcoal manufacturing facility, found her and they managed to escape to Raigad where later activists took them to a police station in Virar
The Mandvi police station in Virar East received a case of gang-rape and bonded labour on Thursday. The 28-year-old survivor, a mother of two, belongs to the primitive Katkari tribal community and is a native of Raigad district. She claimed she was raped by nearly one dozen men including the owner of a charcoal manufacturing unit at Phaltan in Satara district. The police are verifying her claims and at the time of going to press, were in the process of recording her statement.
After the registration of the FIR, it will be transferred to the local police station in Phaltan for further investigation,” said a source from Mira Bhayandar Vasai Virar (MBVV) police. A team of cops has been sent from Satara to Virar to take the survivor to the crime spot to assist in the investigation. “The woman claimed that she was gang-raped by around 11 men who took turns. According to the woman, the horrific incident took place around 10 days ago when she had migrated along with 20 other families to work as a bonded labourer,” said an officer attached to Mandvi police station.
The owner of the charcoal manufacturing unit at Phaltan in Satara district who kept the couple as bonded labourers has been detained. Representation pic