2013 Kamduni gang rape and murder case

Murder in West Bengal, India lots of POV, story telling, original content August 2013 August 2013 August 2013 March 2014 April 2026 2013 Kamduni Gang Rape and Murder Case 7 June 2013 2:30 pm IST (UTC+05:30) Kamduni, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India Ansar AliSaiful AliAminoor AliBhutto MollaEnamul MollaAmin AliGopal NaskarBholanath Naskar 1 (female victim) On 7 June 2013, a 20-year-old college student was abducted, gang-raped and murdered in Kamduni village, 16 km from Barasat, North 24 Parganas district about 20 km from main Kolkata. In January 2016 three accused were sentenced to death and another three to life imprisonment.Kamduni gangrape case verdict: Kolkata court sentences 3 convicts to death, life imprisonment to 3 others 30 January 2016 https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/kamduni-gangrape-case-verdict-death-penality-for-3-convicts-life-term-for-3-others-306275-2016-01-30 Incident The victim, Shipra Ghosh, a second year BA student of Derozio Memorial College was walking home along the Kamduni BDO Office Road in the afternoon, when she was abducted and taken inside a factory where she was gang-raped by eight men. After raping her, the perpetrators tore apart her legs up to the navel, slit her throat and dumped her body into a nearby field.West Bengal: Kamduni victims kin want death for rapists 29 January 2016 https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/west-bengal-kamduni-victims-kin-want-death-for-rapists-306043-2016-01-29 2016-07-20 At around 8:30 PM local time, the brothers of the victim discovered the body of their sister alongside a bheri in the At Bigha region of Kharibari in Rajarhat.http://www.epaper.eisamay.com/Details.aspx?id=4272&boxid=22926640 তরুণীর দেহ উদ্ধার, সন্দেহ ধর্ষণ করে খুন 8 June 2013 Ei Samay Bengali 23 June 2013 Kolkata 25 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181225175539/http://www.epaper.eisamay.com/Details.aspx?id=4272&boxid=22926640 dead At around 9:45 PM, an altercation and subsequent skirmish occurred between the villagers and the police when the latter tried to recover the body of the victim. The crowd damaged three police vehicles. At around 2 AM, a large police contingent recovered the victim's body from the villagers and sent it to Barasat for postmortem.http://www.epaper.eisamay.com/Details.aspx?id=4322&boxid=22547468 প্রকাশনামেয়ে হারিয়ে ফুঁসছে বারাসত 9 June 2013 Ei Samay Bengali 23 June 2013 Kolkata 25 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181225175517/http://www.epaper.eisamay.com/Details.aspx?id=4322&boxid=22547468 dead On the evening of June 15, a contingent of the Indian Reserve Battalion started flag march in Kamduni.http://www.epaper.eisamay.com/Details.aspx?id=4493&boxid=3436218 কামদুনির প্রতিবাদ থামতেই কি গ্রামে হাজির আধা সেনা Das Atanu 17 June 2013 Ei Samay Bengali 23 June 2013 Kolkata 25 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181225175538/http://www.epaper.eisamay.com/Details.aspx?id=4493&boxid=3436218 dead In spite of the paramilitary vigil a team of Citizen's Forum visited Kamduni.http://www.epaper.eisamay.com/Details.aspx?id=4496&boxid=31446125 কামদুনির প্রতিবাদ থামতেই কি গ্রামে হাজির আধা সেনা Das Atanu 17 June 2013 Ei Samay Bengali 23 June 2013 Kolkata 25 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181225175521/http://www.epaper.eisamay.com/Details.aspx?id=4496&boxid=31446125 dead Several women's organizations, including Matangini Mahila Samiti, Maitri, Manabi, Ahalya and Chetana, visited Kamduni. On 17 June, Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal visited Kamduni. She promised that charge sheet would be produced against the arrested within 15 days of the incident and that her government would plead for the capital punishment of the culprits.http://www.epaper.eisamay.com/Details.aspx?id=4509&boxid=15223171 দোষীদের ফাঁসির আবেদনই জানাব, আশ্বাস মমতার Sengupta Manipushpak 18 June 2013 Ei Samay Bengali 23 June 2013 Kolkata 25 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181225175520/http://www.epaper.eisamay.com/Details.aspx?id=4509&boxid=15223171 dead Arrest and prosecution The residents of Kamduni caught hold of Ansar Ali, the prime accused, and handed him over to the police. After interrogation, he confessed to having committed the crime along with four others. Five persons were named in the FIR (First information report). Based on that, the district police arrested three persons in the early hours of 8 June. The case was investigated by the CID, West Bengal. On 16 June, the CID officers took the eight accused to Kamduni to reconstruct the incident amid tight security by the police and Indian Reserve Battalion. For 45 minutes, the accused recounted how they had gang raped and then murdered the victim, throwing her body over the set wall afterwards. Even fifteen days after the incident, no charge sheet was filed. On 22 June, Ansar Ali was remanded in judicial custody for 14 days.http://eisamay.indiatimes.com/articleshow/20718830.cms কামদুনি-কাণ্ডে চার্জশিট জমা পড়ল না ১৫ দিনে 22 June 2013 Ei Samay Bengali 23 June 2013 Kolkata 25 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181225175540/https://eisamay.indiatimes.com/west-bengal-news/kolkata-news/kamduni-sunani/articleshow/20718830.cms deadhttp://www.abpananda.newsbullet.in/state/34/37935 ১৫ দিন পরেও চার্জশিট পেশ হল না 23 June 2013 ABP Ananda Bengali 23 June 2013 https://archive.today/20130624221508/http://www.abpananda.newsbullet.in/state/34/37935 24 June 2013 dead dmy-all The accused and State Govt. wanted the legal proceedings shifted from Barasat court.কামদুনি মামলায় অভিযুক্তদের সমর্থন করল রাজ্য http://zeenews.india.com/bengali/zila/kamduni-case_14791.html 21 July 2013 24 Ghanta 20 July 2013 Finally, in January 2016, the accused were sentenced - some were sentenced to death and others to life imprisonment. Additional Sessions Judge Sanchita Sarkar handed out a death sentence to Ansar Ali, Saiful Ali and Aminul Ali, while Emanul Islam, Aminur Islam and Bhola Naskar were sentenced to life imprisonment for the gang-rape and murder of Shipra Ghosh on 7 June 2013. However, on 6 October 2023, a divisional bench of the Calcutta High Court, comprising Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Ajay Kumar Gupta acquitted Imanul Islam, Aminul Islam and Bhola Naskar of the charge of gangrape, while convicting them for criminal conspiracy and causing disappearance of evidence. The high court acquitted Amin Ali and commuted the death sentence of Saiful Ali and Ansar Ali to imprisonment till the end of their natural life. The HC also directed the release from custody of another three convicts, whose sentence to life imprisonment was reduced to 7 years, and they already served 10 years, upon payment of a fine of Rs 10,000 each. Chotoraj Subrata 7 October 2023 Kamduni rape--murder case: 2 of 3 on death row get life sentence, 3rd freed https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/kamduni-rape-murder-case-2-of-3-on-death-row-get-life-sentence-3rd-freed/articleshow/104226482.cms Times of India 5 May 2026 On 9 October 2023, at 4 am, the Bengal government filed a special leave petition in the Supreme Court against the HC judgement. In the SLP,2023-10-10 Kamduni case: Bengal govt moves SC against HC verdict The Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/kamduni-case-bengal-govt-moves-sc-against-hc-verdict/articleshow/104297380.cms 2023-10-10 0971-8257 the government alleged that there were glaring discrepancies in the impugned judgement and sought its suspension on the grounds that the accused would be released very soon. The Supreme Court didn't order a stay on the judgement but ordered all parties to submit affidavits within a week. Protests From the early morning of 8 June 2013, the Kamduni residents protested afor exemplary punishment for the culprits. Jyotipriya Mallick, the Minister for Food and Supplies met the villagers and promised job for the victim's elder brother, which was promptly rejected by the villagers. The protesters were also visited by Haji Nurul Islam, the M.P. from Bashirhat and Nirmal Ghosh, the President of North 24 Parganas District Trinamool Congress. When the former blamed the CPI(M) for this crime, his car was damaged by the protesters.http://www.epaper.eisamay.com/Details.aspx?id=4322&boxid=2242915 নারীশিক্ষার এক শিখা নিভে গেল 9 June 2013 Ei Samay Bengali 23 June 2013 Kolkata 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034706/http://www.epaper.eisamay.com/Details.aspx?id=4322&boxid=2242915 dead Protests continued until July 4, demanding capital punishment for the perpetrators.12 June 2013 বিচার চেয়ে জেলা সদরে পাড়ি দিল কামদুনি Bengali Anandabazar Patrika Kolkata http://www.anandabazar.com/archive/1130612/12pgn1.html dead 23 June 2013 https://archive.today/20130624221452/http://www.anandabazar.com/archive/1130612/12pgn1.html 24 June 2013 dmy-allhttp://www.anandabazar.com/archive/1130613/13pgn1.html সাহায্য নয় শাস্তি চাই, মমতাকে কামদুনি 13 June 2013 Anandabazar Patrika Bengali 23 June 2013 Kolkata https://web.archive.org/web/20130821170322/http://anandabazar.com/archive/1130613/13pgn1.html 21 August 2013 dead dmy-allসিআইডি-র কুশপুতুল পোড়াল কামদুনি http://www.anandabazar.com/archive/1130705/5pgn3.html 7 July 2013 Anandabazar Patrika 5 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130822231911/http://anandabazar.com/archive/1130705/5pgn3.html 22 August 2013 dead dmy-all Several human rights groups participated in the protests as well, submitting memoranda to the police and demanding access to political decisionmakers.12 June 2013 Kolkata wakes up to Barasat protests Hindustan Times Kolkata http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Kolkata/Kolkata-wakes-up-to-Barasat-protests/Article1-1075327.aspx dead 16 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130613072623/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Kolkata/Kolkata-wakes-up-to-Barasat-protests/Article1-1075327.aspx 13 June 2013 The lawyers of Barasat Bar took out a procession in protest against the crime. The body declared that no lawyer in Barasat would stand for the accused. In the evening hundreds of residents brought out a candlelight procession in Baguiati, Kolkata. On 18 June, around 400 government employees of the Writers' Building marched around the Writers' Building in protest against the Kamduni gang rape and murder. Eminent intellectuals including, filmmaker Aparna Sen, Shankha Ghosh, Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Mrinal Sen, Mahashweta Devi and Tarun Majumder also showed their support for the victim and demanded justice.Sarkar Koushik Sengupta Manipushpak 22 June 2013 মহামিছিল বার্তা দিল মমতাকে Bengali Ei Samay Kolkata http://www.epaper.eisamay.com/Details.aspx?id=4574&boxid=323931 23 June 2013 26 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130626131101/http://www.epaper.eisamay.com/Details.aspx?id=4574&boxid=323931 dead See also 1990 Bantala rape case 2012 Delhi gang rape case References 2 Category:2013 murders in Asia Category:2013 murders in India Category:Crime in West Bengal Category:Crime in Kolkata Category:Gang rape in India Category:Incidents of violence against women Category:June 2013 in India Category:Kidnappings in India Category:Murder in India Category:Murder trials Category:Rape in India Category:Sex crimes in India Category:Trials in India Category:Femicide in India