Kamduni gangrape case verdict: Kolkata court sentences 3 convicts to death



A sessions court in Kolkata today sentenced three convicts to death and three others to life imprisonment in the Kamduni gangrape and murder case.

Court held the crime as rarest of rare. Ansar Ali, Amin Ali Saiful and Ali Mollah were sentenced to death while three others Aminul Islam, SK Imanul Islam, Bholanath were sentenced to life term.

On Thursday, six people were pronounced guilty for the crime, while two others were acquitted due to lack of evidence.

In June 2013, a 20-year-old student was gangraped and brutally murdered when she was returning home alone at Kamduni, about 50 km from Kolkata, in North 24 Parganas district after appearing for an examination at her college on June 7, 2013.

She was pulled into a farm by nine men when she was walking along a deserted road after alighting from a bus. Her mutilated body was found next morning near the farm.

Eight people were facing trial. One of the accused died in custody during trial.

Villagers of West Bengal's Kamduni said they are scared of the situation once the duo is set free.

"We are suffering from serious insecurity. The accused have already threatened the victim's brother of dire consequences right in the middle of the court premises. If the perpetrators can do it there, just think of what they can do in the village once they are back," said Tumpa Kayal, a Kamduni villager and the victim's friend.

Earlier. the ruling Trinamool Congress hailed the Kamduni verdict and said it showed that the police administration has worked impartially to get the culprits of the gangrape and murder case booked.

The opposition has, however, questioned why it took so long for the police to place the charge sheet and why it failed to get evidence against the two who were acquitted by the court.

"When Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited Kamduni in 2013 after the incident, she had promised that the culprits will be arrested and punished. Today six accused have been convicted. The conviction itself has proved that the police administration has worked impartially in this case to get the culprits booked for the crime," Jyotipriyo Mullick, state Food Minister said.

The CPI(M) and Congress questioned what took so long for the police to find evidence against the culprits.

"What took so long for the police to book those criminals? If police had acted impartially then the two who were acquitted could have also been booked," reported PTI quoting CPI(M) Politburo member Mohammed Salim.

WBPCC president Adhir Chowdhury too welcomed the conviction of the six accused but questioned the role of police in the probe which led to acquittal of two others.

The incident had led to outrage in the state and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had faced protests by angry villagers when she went there to visit the family members of the victim.


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