Kolkata: The arrest of the prime accused in the Park Street rape triggered elation among the late rape survivor's family and supporters on Friday, and they wished the out-spoken anti-rape campaigner was alive to see the dramatic turn of events.
"I feel bad that she is not here to see this. She had to go through a lot. But she never lost hope," the woman's former counsel Anirban Guha Thakurta told the media.
Mr Guha Thakurta said he had spoken to her family early on Friday morning.
"They are elated. They were waiting for the day," he said, adding now everyone associated with the case is obligated to see through the legal proceedings and secure justice.
The prime accused in the Park Street rape case was arrested by Kolkata Police from Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad division on Friday. The arrest comes four years after the incident.
Kader Khan was arrested along with an accomplice, Ali.
The mother of two, who was coming out of a Park Street night-club was raped at gun-point inside a moving car and later thrown out of the vehicle in February 2012.
In March last year, she died of multiple organ failure after she was diagnosed with encephalitis.
"I feel bad that she is not here to see this. She had to go through a lot. But she never lost hope," the woman's former counsel Anirban Guha Thakurta told the media.
Mr Guha Thakurta said he had spoken to her family early on Friday morning.
The prime accused in the Park Street rape case was arrested by Kolkata Police from Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad division on Friday. The arrest comes four years after the incident.
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The mother of two, who was coming out of a Park Street night-club was raped at gun-point inside a moving car and later thrown out of the vehicle in February 2012.
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