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Mumbai: A 34-year-old woman was raped and brutally assaulted inside a stationary tempo in suburban Sakinaka and her condition was said to be serious, police said on Friday.
Mohan Chouhan (45), the accused, was arrested within a couple of hours of the incident, said a politician .
The police room received a call within the early hours of Friday that a person was thrashing a lady on Khairani Road, he said.
A police team rushed to the spot to seek out a lady lying during a pool of blood. She was taken to the civic-run Rajawadi hospital, the official said.
As per the preliminary probe, she had been raped and assaulted with an iron rod in her genitalia , he said, adding that the incident had taken place inside a tempo parked on the roadside.
Bloodstains were also found inside the vehicle. consistent with the doctors, the woman’s condition was serious, the official said.
Acting on some leads, accused Chauhan was arrested under IPC sections 307 (attempt to murder) and 376 (rape) and further probe was on, he added.
