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{{Short description|Crime in West Bengal, India}}
The '''Nadia nun rape case''' was a crime in [[Ranaghat]], [[Nadia district]], of the Indian state of [[West Bengal]], in March 2015. A 71-year-old [[Syro-Malankara Catholic Church|Syro-Malankara Catholic]] nun was gang raped by eight men who robbed a Catholic missionary school. Before the attack, school officials had told police that they had received death threats,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/nun-gangrape-case-more-detained-no-arrests-yet/article7002921.ece|title=No arrests yet in nun rape case|author=|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=17 March 2015|accessdate=28 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/vhp-warns-of-more-church-attacks-conspiracy-behind-nun-rape-48596.html|title=VHP leader warned of more church attacks and said that nun's rape is a conspiracy |work=India TV News|date=17 March 2015 |accessdate=28 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-31918386|title=India media: Nun's rape 'horrifying'|work=BBC News|date=17 March 2015|accessdate=28 March 2015}}</ref> but instead of investigating the threats, police recorded them in a book used for minor complaints.<ref name=livemint>{{cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/dRQNoSBnsHKQmFc10IWK2L/Altercation-death-threats-at-West-Bengal-school-before-nun.html|title=Altercation, death threats at West Bengal school before nun was raped|author=Rupak De Chowdhury|work=Livemint.com/|date=18 March 2015|accessdate=28 March 2015}}</ref> Journalist [[Rana Ayyub]] blamed the incident on Hindutva groups.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nun rape and church vandalism: The fringe is now mainstream|url=https://www.dailyo.in/politics/nun-gangrape-modi-mohan-bhagwat-church-vandalism-rss-sharad-yadav-mother-teresa/story/1/2596.html|access-date=2021-01-03|website=www.dailyo.in}}</ref> Two [[Bangladeshis|Bangladeshi]] nationals were detained on March 20, 2015, on suspicion of their involvement in the sexual assault of the 71-year-old nun at the Ranaghat convent school six days prior, police said. North Dinajpur Superintendent of Police S. W. Reza said that the two suspects — Mukul Alam (28) and Md Majid (29) — bore a striking resemblance to those caught on the CCTV camera at the Convent of Jesus and Mary school on March 14, one of them having 75 percent similarity.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/nun-rape-case-police-detains-two-bangladeshis/ |title=Nun Rape Case: Police detain two Bangladeshis on suspicion |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=20 March 2015 |accessdate=16 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-32651409|title = India nun rape 'mastermind' held in West Bengal|work = BBC News|date = 8 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/gang-involved-in-ranaghat-nun-rape-case-identified/ |title=Nun rape: Arrested man's wife identifies culprits |publisher=Indianexpress.com |date=1987-05-22 |accessdate=2015-03-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author= |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kolkata/two-arrested-in-west-bengal-nun-rape-case/article7035971.ece |title=Two arrested in West Bengal nun rape case |newspaper=The Hindu |publisher=Thehindu.com |date=2015-03-26 |accessdate=2015-03-31}}</ref> Five other men were jailed for 10 years for robbery during the assault and sixth men was handed a seven-year term for harbouring the attackers.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-11-08 |title=India nun rape case: Bangladeshi man jailed for life |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-41923764 |access-date=2025-12-09 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kundu |first=Indrajit |date=2017-11-07 |title=Bengal nun rape case: Kolkata court pronounces main accused guilty of rape |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/bengal-nun-rape-case-kolkata-court-accused-guilty-rape-1081129-2017-11-07 |access-date=2025-12-09 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>

==Reaction==
Cardinal [[Baselios Cleemis]] met the victim in the hospital and told the press that "such inhuman acts should be stopped. We request the authorities to ensure that justice is done and made visible".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/human-rights-commission-issues-notice-to-bengal-government-over-nuns-rape-case-747600|title=Nun Rape Case: 'Must Ensure Justice is Done, is Visible,' Says Top Cardinal|author=Anindita Sanyal|date=18 March 2015|work=NDTV.com|accessdate=28 March 2015}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[1998 attacks on Christians in southeastern Gujarat]]
* [[Jhabua nuns rape case]]

==References==
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{{Rape in India |state=collapsed}}

[[Category:2015 crimes in India]]
[[Category:Crime in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Incidents of violence against women]]
[[Category:March 2015 crimes in Asia]]
[[Category:March 2015 in India]]
[[Category:Gang rape in India]]
[[Category:Violence against women in India]]
[[Category:Violence against Christians in India]]
[[Category:Rape in India]]

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