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Two men arrested over India Ganges 'rape video'

Police say the men took turns to assault the victim and film it.

The woman was reportedly dragged from the Ganges, where she had been bathing on Sunday morning.

In the video, she can be heard asking the men to consider the "sanctity" of the river, revered within Hinduism.

She also refers to it as "mother" - a term of affection and respect for the site.

Police said on Wednesday the mobile phone used to film the alleged assault had been seized and would be sent to a forensic laboratory for analysis, the Times of India reports.

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Police said the suspect, named as Gangeshananda Theerthapada, would come to the woman's house to perform prayer rituals for her father's health.

Her mother had hoped the self-styled holy man would ease the family's woes.

Instead, her daughter claims he assaulted her at every opportunity.

On Friday night, she grabbed a knife and attacked him when he allegedly tried to rape her, and then called the police herself.

The alleged rapist was rushed to Thiruvananthapuram Medical College for emergency surgery.

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Police are yet to make any arrests although the 21-year-old was attacked last week in Rohtak town in the northern state of Haryana.

She had been pursuing a case in court against the five men, when she was attacked on Wednesday.

The woman said she was forced inside a car and the men tried to strangle her.

She was seriously injured and left for dead in the bushes. A passerby saw her and took her to the hospital.

 

'Very afraid'

The woman was first assaulted in 2013 in Bhiwani town.

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