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West Bengal: 6 convicted for gang-raping and murdering college student

by IBNS 27 Jan 2016, 11:29 pm

Kolkata, Jan 28 (IBNS) A sessions court in Kolkata on Thursday found six of the eight accused guilty in the gang-rape and murder case of a 21-year-old girl at Kamduni village in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district.

On June 7 evening in 2013, a BA second year student was allegedly gang-raped and murdered by few local miscreants inside an isolated compound at Kamduni village, while she was returning home from college after an examination. Her body was found on the next day.

Nine were arrested in connection with this case and charged under IPC sections 376D, 376A, 302, 341, 201, 120B and 109. One of them- Gopal Naskar (65)- died of fever and septicaemia on Aug 1 last year in custody during the trial while the other eight are in judicial custody.

The year-long hearing in the trial of the case  ended earlier at the city sessions court in Kolkata on Dec 22.