Five people have been detained by the police in connection with the alleged gangrape of an elderly nun at Gangnapur in Nadia district.
Five people have been detained by the police in connection with the alleged gangrape of an elderly nun at Gangnapur in Nadia district.
Police have obtained CCTV footage from the school which shows that four persons are involved in the incident. The footage showed the face of three accused. But according to police, the 5 detained are not those men.
(Picture courtesy Zee News)
In an incident, which was sent shock waves across the West Bengal, a nun of a convent school was gangraped in the wee hours of the night on Friday. Some miscreants entered the Convent of Jesus and Mary at Ranaghat in Nadia district and looted as many as Rs.12 lakhs. When this nun – the sister superior of the convent tried to resist them, she was allegedly gangraped by them. The dacoits tied up the security guard and then went on rampage inside the convent.
The nun, who is admitted to Ranaghat Hospital, is said to be stable now, hospital authorities said. This apart, three other sisters were beaten up by the armed men who had entered the convent.
Taking no chances, the state government was quick to react. The West Bengal Chief Minister immediately ordered a CID probe into the case. A four-member team of Bhawani Bhawan are on their way to Ranaghat.
Hours after the news broke, students and their parents of the convent, accompanied by locals staged massive protests amidst the city. Locals blocked rail as well roads, including the National Highway 34. Sealdah bound trains from Ranaghat have been halted because of the massive protests.
Meanwhile, the Archbishop of Kolkata, Thomas D’Souza has condemned the whole incident. “We will identify the accused as we have the CCTV footage stored with the convent. The guilty must be punished. Such incidents have never happened in the history of our state,” said D’Souzas.
West Bengal Governor KN Tripathi hoped that the culprits would soon be arrested. Appealing to the people to help the police nab those behind the incident, the Governor said the people also have a responsibility towards this end.
District Magistrate PB Salim had termed it as a heinous act and said police were on the lookout for the gang members.
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