19-year-old dies after gangrape: Crime Branch to probe case

A note issued by the MSCW stated that the family members of the girl, who were earlier unwilling to let a postmortem be conducted, have relented to allow the same under guidelines issued by the Supreme Court.

It further mentions that the family should be given financial assistance under the Manodhairya scheme.

The girl, who had a long-standing illness, had been staying with her brother in Chembur. On July 7, she had gone to meet a friend.

A few hours later when she returned home, she started feeling unwell and was later admitted to the hospital. She died later in an Aurangabad hospital.

Her father said while the girl was semi-conscious, communicating in sign language, he found that she had been raped by four people, after which an FIR was registered at a police station in Aurangabad. The case was later transferred to Mumbai.

While the girl’s family has urged the police to arrest a male friend of hers, who had reportedly called her over 50 times on July 7, the Chunnabhatti police stated that the location of the man was in Virar, while the girl was in Chembur on the day of the alleged incident and hence there was no evidence against him.