Kolkata: The case triggered public anger and demonstrations demanding better safety for women, after which Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited the home of the dead student; she controversially accused demonstrators during that visit of having communist and Maoist links, provoking a backlash and a new wave of protests.
Eight men have been charged with the rape and murder; a ninth suspect died in jail during the trial.
Six people were today convicted for the gang-rape and murder of a 21-year-old college student in West Bengal's Kamduni. Two other accused in the case were acquitted.
The court will pronounce the sentencing tomorrow.
Ahead of a verdict protesters clashed with the police outside a court in Kolkata. The protesters are members of the student wing of a Left party.
In June 2013, a college student was abducted on her way home from class, taken to an isolated factory compound where she was gang-raped, and then killed in a village in Kamduni, about 30 km from Kolkata. Her body was found that night by her brother in a canal.
Eight men have been charged with the rape and murder; a ninth suspect died in jail during the trial.
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