.svg)
2013 Kamduni gang rape and murder case: Difference between revisions
→Arrests
>Hugo999 (removed Category:June 2013 events in Asia; added Category:June 2013 events in India using HotCat) |
|||
| Line 33: | Line 33: | ||
The name of the victim is Shipra Ghosh. While some of the media have published her real name, others have used pseudonyms like Aparajita. The victim belonged to a [[Bengali Hindu]] family of the Kamduni village under Kirtipur II Gram Panchayat in the Barasat II Block in North 24 Parganas district.<ref name="abp09062013-1">{{cite news|url=http://www.anandabazar.com/archive/1130609/9south3.html|title=মেয়ে নন, তিনি যেন ছিলেন বাড়ির অভিভাবক|date=9 June 2013|work=Anandabazar Patrika|language=Bengali|access-date=16 June 2013|location=Kolkata|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616103137/http://www.anandabazar.com/archive/1130609/9south3.html|archive-date=16 June 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> She was second among three siblings in the family of two brothers and one sister. Her father works as a mason helper in the construction sites, earning around Rs 150 - 200 per day.<ref name="abp09062013-1"/> Her mother sells muri and chhatu.<ref name="es20130609-1"/> | The name of the victim is Shipra Ghosh. While some of the media have published her real name, others have used pseudonyms like Aparajita. The victim belonged to a [[Bengali Hindu]] family of the Kamduni village under Kirtipur II Gram Panchayat in the Barasat II Block in North 24 Parganas district.<ref name="abp09062013-1">{{cite news|url=http://www.anandabazar.com/archive/1130609/9south3.html|title=মেয়ে নন, তিনি যেন ছিলেন বাড়ির অভিভাবক|date=9 June 2013|work=Anandabazar Patrika|language=Bengali|access-date=16 June 2013|location=Kolkata|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616103137/http://www.anandabazar.com/archive/1130609/9south3.html|archive-date=16 June 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> She was second among three siblings in the family of two brothers and one sister. Her father works as a mason helper in the construction sites, earning around Rs 150 - 200 per day.<ref name="abp09062013-1"/> Her mother sells muri and chhatu.<ref name="es20130609-1"/> | ||
== | == Arrest == | ||
The residents of Kamduni caught hold of Ansar Ali, the prime accused, and handed him over to the police.<ref name="es20130609-1"/> After interrogation, he confessed to have committed the crime along with four others. Five persons were named in the FIR. Based on that, the district police arrested three persons in the early hours of 8 June.<ref name="es20130609-1"/> | The residents of Kamduni caught hold of Ansar Ali, the prime accused, and handed him over to the police.<ref name="es20130609-1"/> After interrogation, he confessed to have committed the crime along with four others. Five persons were named in the FIR. Based on that, the district police arrested three persons in the early hours of 8 June.<ref name="es20130609-1"/> | ||
== Prosecution == | == Prosecution == | ||
The case is being investigated by the CID, West Bengal. On 16 June, the CID officers took the eight accused to Kamduni to reconstruct the incident amid tight security by the police and Indian Reserve Battalion. For 45 minutes, the accused recounted how they had gang raped and then murdered the victim, throwing her body over the | The case is being investigated by the CID, West Bengal. On 16 June, the CID officers took the eight accused to Kamduni to reconstruct the incident amid tight security by the police and Indian Reserve Battalion. For 45 minutes, the accused recounted how they had gang raped and then murdered the victim, throwing her body over the set wall afterwards.<ref name="es20130617-2" /> Even fifteen days after the incident, no charge sheet was filed. On 22 June, Ansar Ali was remanded in judicial custody for 14 days.<ref name="es20130622-1">{{cite news|url=http://eisamay.indiatimes.com/articleshow/20718830.cms|title=কামদুনি-কাণ্ডে চার্জশিট জমা পড়ল না ১৫ দিনে|date=22 June 2013|work=Ei Samay|language=Bengali|access-date=23 June 2013|location=Kolkata}}</ref><ref name="abpananda20130623-1">{{cite news|url=http://www.abpananda.newsbullet.in/state/34/37935|title=১৫ দিন পরেও চার্জশিট পেশ হল না|date=23 June 2013|work=ABP Ananda|language=Bengali|access-date=23 June 2013|archive-url=https://archive.is/20130624221508/http://www.abpananda.newsbullet.in/state/34/37935|archive-date=24 June 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The accused and State Govt. want the legal proceedings shifted from Barasat court.<ref>{{cite news|title=কামদুনি মামলায় অভিযুক্তদের সমর্থন করল রাজ্য|url=http://zeenews.india.com/bengali/zila/kamduni-case_14791.html|access-date=21 July 2013|newspaper=24 Ghanta|date=20 July 2013}}</ref> | ||
Finally in January 2016, the accused were sentenced - some were sentenced to death and others to life imprisonment. Additional Sessions Judge Sanchita Sarkar handed out a death sentence to Ansar Ali, Saiful Ali and Aminul Ali, while Emanul Islam, Aminur Islam and Bhola Naskar were sentenced to life imprisonment for the gang-rape and murder of Shipra Ghosh on June 7, 2013. | Finally in January 2016, the accused were sentenced - some were sentenced to death and others to life imprisonment. Additional Sessions Judge Sanchita Sarkar handed out a death sentence to Ansar Ali, Saiful Ali and Aminul Ali, while Emanul Islam, Aminur Islam and Bhola Naskar were sentenced to life imprisonment for the gang-rape and murder of Shipra Ghosh on June 7, 2013. | ||