Two years ago on March 14, 2015, a 71-year-old nun was raped in West Bengal’s Nadia district. The incident had sparked massive anger across the country, especially because it had come close on the heels of a controversy where some activists had alleged that right wing men were attacking churches across the country ever since the Modi government came into power.
However, this proved to be a false cry as data revealed that Church attack figures in UPA rule matched those under NDA.
The various theories around the sensational case were put to rest on Tuesday when a lower court in Kolkata convicted a Bangladeshi man named Nazrul Islam, 28, for raping the nun. Five others are also held guilty of conspiracy and robbery. They are Milan Kumar Sarkar, Ohidul Islam, Mohd Selim Sheikh and Khaledar Rehman. A fifth, Gopal Sarkar, a resident of North 24 Parganas district, was found guilty of providing shelter to the criminals at his residence, reported The Times Of India.
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While delivering the verdict, the judge Kumkum Singha termed the incident as a matter of shame. “This incident is particularly shameful for the people of West Bengal, a state where persons such as Sister Nivedita and Mother Teresa have worked. The missionary, who was raped was an aged woman who was working for the welfare of the people,” he said, reported Hindustan Times.
How the incident took place:
As per reports, the men entered the convent attached to the school Jesus and Mary in Ranaghat and looted the church. The 71-year-old nun who tried to stop them was attacked and raped after the others were locked up in a different room.
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The faces of four men were caught on closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras on the campus. Of the six men arrested five are Bangladeshi while the sixth is a resident of Habra in the North 24 Parganas district.
Soon after the incident in March 2015 the West Bengal government had ordered the Criminal Investigation Department to handle the case. The police also came under fire for perceived inaction after 10 men were detained but no arrests made, despite the faces of some attackers being captured on CCTV footage.