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They criticised the State government, Kolkata police, as well as the college administration over mishandling of the case and the vandalism which occurred on the night of 14 August. Following the incident and protests, the court constituted a national task force to ensure workplace safety for doctors and requested the protesting doctors return ...
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 ...
The legal case has reignited criticism of India's poor record on women's safety despite the introduction of tougher laws following the 2012 gang rape and murder of a woman on a moving bus in New ...
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]
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.
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'.
In 2012, she successfully resolved the investigation regarding the alleged rape of an Anglo-Indian woman Suzette Jordan in a moving car at Park Street. Even though Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee dismissed the incident as fabricated, [ 8 ] her team arrested three people and confirmed that the mother of two had indeed been raped.