Park Street Rape Accused

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.

More than four years after the infamous Park Street gangrape case, Kolkata Police has arrested the main accused from Uttar Pradesh.

The special public prosecutor in Suzette Jordan's gang rape case, Sharbani Roy, was summarily axed by the West Bengal government from its panel of lawyers.

Suzette Jordan, gang-raped in Kolkata in 2012, dismissed by the chief minister as a liar, vilified for going to a night club alone and taking a lift from strangers, died waiting for justice.

A fast-track court on Tuesday framed charges of gang-rape and criminal conspiracy against three people arrested in the politically controversial Park Street rape case, in which a woman was allegedly raped in 2012.

Kolkata's joint commissioner of police (Crime) Ms Damayanti Sen has been transferred as DIG (training) to Barrackpore, a posting considered low-profile in police circles. The transfer is being seen by some as punishment for Ms Sen who had cracked the infamous Park Street gang rape case within four days of the accused being arrested. When a young...

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.

More than four years after the infamous Park Street gangrape case, Kolkata Police has arrested the main accused from Uttar Pradesh.

The special public prosecutor in Suzette Jordan's gang rape case, Sharbani Roy, was summarily axed by the West Bengal government from its panel of lawyers.

Suzette Jordan, gang-raped in Kolkata in 2012, dismissed by the chief minister as a liar, vilified for going to a night club alone and taking a lift from strangers, died waiting for justice.

A fast-track court on Tuesday framed charges of gang-rape and criminal conspiracy against three people arrested in the politically controversial Park Street rape case, in which a woman was allegedly raped in 2012.

Kolkata's joint commissioner of police (Crime) Ms Damayanti Sen has been transferred as DIG (training) to Barrackpore, a posting considered low-profile in police circles. The transfer is being seen by some as punishment for Ms Sen who had cracked the infamous Park Street gang rape case within four days of the accused being arrested. When a young...