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[114] [115] The Indian Medical Association and members of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party accused the West Bengal government, under the leadership of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and state police of being directly accountable for the incident, asserting that the vandalism on the night of 14 August was perpetrated by "TMC goons" in ...
Despite legislative reforms following the 2012 gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student in New Delhi, crimes against women remain pervasive in India. The 2012 case galvanised nationwide ...
On 5 January 2024, a group of ED officers went to interrogate Sheikh Shahjahan, a TMC district council member from Sarberia village of Sandeshkhali I CD block in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal in connection with the ration smuggling case in which senior minister in Government of West Bengal, Jyotipriya Mallick was arrested in October 2023.
Dhananjoy Chatterjee (14 August 1965 – 14 August 2004) was the first person who was judicially executed in India in the 21st century for murder. The execution by hanging took place in Alipore Jail, Kolkata, on 14 August 2004. [2] [3] He was charged in 1990 for the crimes of rape and murder of Hetal Parekh, an 18-year-old school-girl. [1] [4]
The rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata last week has brought women onto the streets across India, furious at persistently high levels of sexual violence despite legal reforms and ...
Four years after the incident, prime accused Kader Khan and Muhammad Ali were arrested on 30 September 2016 in Noida, brought back to Kolkata and produced before the court. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] In mid-June, 2020, Sumit Bajaj was released 20 months before his sentence ended, for 'good behaviour'.
But it continues to investigate 39 cases of rape and molestation, 52 cases of murder or unnatural death and has submitted 10 charge sheets for murders/unnatural deaths. [ 46 ] [ 47 ] [ 48 ] On 28 January 2022, 7 people were sent to judicial custody for 14 days for conspiring and murdering BJP worker Manik Moitra during the post poll violence.
Rape is the fourth most common crime against women in India. [1] [2] According to the 2021 annual report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), 31,677 rape cases were registered across the country, or an average of 86 cases daily, a rise from 2020 with 28,046 cases, while in 2019, 32,033 cases were registered. [3]