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Maha: 21-yr-old woman gang-raped in Thane district

Mumbai, May 9 (UNI) A 21-year-old woman was gang-raped by five men in the Titwala area of Thane district of Maharashtra, while two women were also accused of helping the accused person commit the crime official said here on Friday.
The victim was reportedly drugged and assaulted by the men, with the involvement of her two female friends.
After the incident, the victim was threatened not to lodge a complaint, failing which her family would be killed, but later the victim narrated the whole incident to her aunt, who, along with the victim, approached police to register an FIR.
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