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Mumbai Crime: Mentally disabled 18-year-old raped for a fourth time
Updated On: 23 November, 2018 07:26 AM IST | Mumbai | Samiullah Khan
Despite repeated instances of assault - including gang rape - parents are unwilling to put her in a welfare home, neither are they able to take care of her

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A Malad East resident, who is an 18-year-old woman with an intellectual disability, has become the target of a fourth rape in as many years. While the 11 accused from the previous three cases have been put behind bars, the Dindoshi police on Thursday caught one Raju Puransingh, 25, for the latest incident. He raped the teenager after 'marrying' her.
According to sources from the Dindoshi police station, the rape was preceded by the teenager's disappearance. She suddenly left from her family's residence on November 14, and was nowhere to be found. Her family members approached the police, but were turned away by being told to look for her at their relatives' homes instead.


