Navi Mumbai police on Friday said the injuries sustained by a 34-year-old man, who alleged rape by five men, were self-inflicted and ruled out sexual assault. The man had gone to the police on September 24, saying he was gang-raped in a secluded area in Vashi and that the rapists inserted a coconut inside him. He and his family refused to comment on the police's statement.

The surgeon who attended to the man immediately after the incident even on Friday maintained that the injuries were consistent with sexual assault. The police however said the man has "confessed to the act of inserting the coconut into himself" and that they will conduct a psychological evaluation on him soon.