3 get death sentence in kamduni gang-rape case

Mangalore Today News Network

Kolkata, Jan 30, 2016:  A Kolkata court today sentenced three convicts to death and three others to life imprisonment for the gang-rape and murder of a 21-year-old girl in West Bengal’s Kamduni.

 

The three convicts - Ansar Ali, Saiful Ali and Amin Ali were sentenced to death while the remaining three - Emanul Islam, Bhola Naskar and Aminur Islam were handed life terms.

On Thursday, the six people were convicted for the crime. Two other accused in the case were acquitted.

In June 2013, a college student was abducted on her way home from a class, taken to an isolated factory compound and gang-raped in a village in Kamduni, about 30 km from Kolkata. She was then killed and her body was found that night by her brother in a canal.
 
The case triggered public anger and demonstrations demanding better safety for women, after which Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited the home of the dead student. She controversially accused demonstrators during the visit of having links with the communists and Maoists, provoking a backlash and a fresh wave of protests.

Ahead of the verdict, protesters clashed with the police outside a court in Kolkata. The protesters are members of the student wing of a Left party.

 

Courtesy: NDTV