Woman raped at gunpoint near Mumbai
The incident occurred near Bhayandar Railway Station where the two accused had asked the woman to come for a job.
When she arrived there, she was asked to board a car inside which she was raped at gun point.
Police are investigating the case.
Once considered a safe place for women, Mumbai in recent years witnessed several crimes against women. A woman photo journalist was gang-raped by some men in the heart of the city in an abandoned paper mill last year.
A Mumbai sessions court in April had sentenced the men to death under section 376E under the Indian Penal Code that carries the maximum of death penalty for such crimes.
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