1990 Bantala rape case: Difference between revisions

On 30 May 1990, a team of three health officers were returning to Kolkata after inspecting an immunization program in Gosaba.<ref name="ts19900601-1">{{cite news|title=Woman Official lynched in Calcutta|date=1 June 1990|work=The Statesman|location=Kolkata}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sarkar|first=Tanika|date=1991|title=Reflections on Birati Rape Cases: Gender Ideology in Bengal|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|volume=26|issue=5|pages=215–218|jstor=4397275}}</ref> The team consisted of Anita Dewan, the Deputy District Extension Media Officer of the West Bengal Health Department; Uma Ghosh, a senior officer of the Health Department; and Renu Ghosh, a representative of UNICEF's [[World Health Organization]] office in New Delhi. Around 6:30 pm when they had reached Bantala near the [[E.M. Bypass|Eastern metropolitan bypass]], a group of 4-5 youths stopped their car near the local club .<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oMRUDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT139|title=The Whistle and The Hummingbirds|last=Malllick|first=Shyamadas|date=9 April 2018|publisher=Notion Press|isbn=9781946515810|pages=Section 2|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kh2keRsHhnwC|title=Fields of Protest: Women's Movements in India|last=Ray|first=Raka|date=2000|publisher=Zubaan|isbn=9788186706237|pages=99|language=en}}</ref> The driver Abani Naia made an attempt to escape, but he lost control and the car overturned. In the meantime, another gang of 10-12 youths arrived at the spot, who pulled one of the ladies out of the car, while the others pulled out the other two ladies. The driver of the car tried to resist the youths, but failed. The attackers killed the driver and set the car on fire.<ref name="mw20101009-1">{{cite news|url=http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article2365.html|title=Musings of a Pensionjivi on Sumanta Banerjee’s Letter|last=Bandyopadhyay|first=D|date=9 October 2010|work=Mainstream Weekly|access-date=7 July 2013}}</ref> The lady officers were then taken to a nearby paddy field and raped. One of the ladies, who tried to resist the rapists was killed.