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Park Street case: Kolkata Court to announce verdict today

by IBNS 09 Dec 2015, 05:35 pm

Kolkata, Dec 10 (IBNS): A Kolkata court on Thursday is likely to announce its verdict in the Park Street Rape case.

The 'Park Street rape' victim, Suzette Jordan, who was bold enough to reveal her identity and take on the West Bengal government for her fight to get justice, had earlier in the year died at a hospital in Kolkata.

In 2013, she revealed her identity to the world and marched on the streets of Kolkata to protest against a series of rapes and murders in the state.

She had said that she was sexually assaulted at gunpoint inside the moving car after she was given a lift in the vehicle from Park Street area in Kolkata on the Feb 5-6 night, 2012.

Three accused in the case- Nasir Khan, Ruman Khan and Sumit Bajaj- are behind bars.

Kadir Khan and Md. Ali, who are prime accused in the incident, are still absconding.

After the woman identified a wrong set of people as her tormentors owing to impersonation by the gang, the Mamata Banerjee government first called it a fabricated incident though a woman police official later cracked the case and several were arrested even as Kadir managed to escape.

A lady IPS officer of Kolkata Police, Damayanti Sen, who had cracked the case and said a rape indeed took place, was later removed from her position as the joint commissioner of police (crime) triggering more controversy over the incident.