LIVE! Four of five rapists get life sentence in Shakti Mills case

March 21, 2014 13:00

So, four of the five persons convicted for the gang rapes of a photojournalist and a telephone operator that took place at Shakti Mills, have got a life term.

The court found Vijay Jadhav, 19, Mohammad Qasim Shaikh, 21 and Mohammad Ansari, 28 guilty for both the gang-rape cases.

In addition to the trio, the court found Siraj Khan guilty in the photojournalist gang-rape case on August 22, and Mohammad Ashfaque Shaikh, 26, guilty of the telephone operator gang-rape case at the same compound on July 31 last year.

Two minors, one in each case, are being tried under the juvenile justice act separately.

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