A 21-year-old married woman was allegedly gang-raped by three men on Saturday in a slum colony in Goregaon (East).

According to the police, the three accused, who were known to the woman, visited her house and demanded to have physical relation with her. They even offered to pay her. They also allegedly asked her to get into prostitution as she was jobless. When the woman refused, the three, threatened the woman and her husband with a gun and allegedly raped her.

The Aarey Colony police have launched a manhunt for the accused. The victim, who came to the city two months ago, lived in a rented shanty with her husband in Goregaon's Aarey area. She hails from Allahabad.

The main accused in the case, Velapandi Harijan, 26, is the son of the woman's landlord and the two other accused are his friends, both aged 25. All of them are unemployed. A police officer said, "The accused visited the victim's home at 1.30am and asked her to get intimate with them and offered to pay her money. When the woman refused, they threatened her and her husband with a gun and took turns to rape her for four hours."

The woman is being treatd in a hospital. The police has confirmed that her condition is stable. "A case has been registered and a hunt is on for the accused. We are tracing them via cell phone locations. They will be nabbed soon," said a police officer.