The fifth and last accused in the July 31 telephone operator gang-rape case was today arrested from the city, police said.
"Acting on a tip-off, a trap was laid at Girgaon Chowpatty and the accused, Mohammed Ashfaque Sheikh, was arrested," a crime branch officer said.
The 18-year-old telephone operator was allegedly gang-raped at the deserted Shakti Mills compound in Mahalaxmi on July 31 by five men, three of who were also involved in the August 22 photojournalist gang-rape case, the police said.
The three accused involved in both the cases are Salim Ansari, Vijay Jadhav, Mohammed Qasim alias 'Qasim Bangali', who are currently in jail.
The fourth accused, who is a minor, has already been arrested in this (July 31) case and lodged in juvenile remand home in south Mumbai's Dongri area.
On the evening of August 22, a photojournalist was gang-raped at the Shakti Mills compound, when she had gone there on an assignment with a male colleague. The police nabbed all five accused in the case within three days.
On September 3, another gang-rape victim surfaced, after the 18-year-old complained to the police that she too had been gang-raped by a group of five on the mill premises on July 31.