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Mumbai: Two booked for sexual assault; woman goes missing after lodging complaint

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Mumbai, Oct 4 (PTI) A case has been registered against two men for allegedly sexually assaulting a 29-year-old woman, who has gone missing after reporting the crime, police said on Friday.

The police have launched a search for the victim who went missing from a women’s shelter where she was lodged after the assault, an official said.

The incident came to light on September 22 after the victim was admitted to a hospital in the Nerul area of Navi Mumbai, he said.

A team from the Nerul police station recorded the woman’s statement, in which she alleged that two men sexually assaulted her near Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus in south Mumbai, the official said.

A case was registered at the CSMT Railway police station, and after the initial probe, it was transferred to the MRA Marg police station, he said.

Investigations are underway, and the police are searching for the woman and the two accused, the official said. PTI DC BNM

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