Nadia nun rape case

{{Short description|Crime in West Bengal, India}}

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The Nadia nun rape case was a crime in Ranaghat, Nadia district, of the Indian state of West Bengal, in March 2015. A 71-year-old Syro-Malankara Catholic nun was gang raped by eight men who robbed a Catholic missionary school. Before the attack, school officials had told police that they had received death threats.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/nun-gangrape-case-more-detained-no-arrests-yet/article7002921.ece|title=No arrests yet in nun rape case|author=|work=The Hindu|date=17 March 2015|accessdate=28 March 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/vhp-warns-of-more-church-attacks-conspiracy-behind-nun-rape-48596.html|title=VHP leader warned of more church attacks and said that nun's rape is a conspiracy |work=India TV News|date=17 March 2015 |accessdate=28 March 2015}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-31918386|title=India media: Nun's rape 'horrifying'|work=BBC News|date=17 March 2015|accessdate=28 March 2015}} The rape was initially blamed on Hindu groups without any evidence by activists like Rana Ayyub and others.{{Cite web|title=Nun rape and church vandalism: The fringe is now mainstream|url=https://www.dailyo.in/politics/nun-gangrape-modi-mohan-bhagwat-church-vandalism-rss-sharad-yadav-mother-teresa/story/1/2596.html|access-date=2021-01-03|website=www.dailyo.in}} However, On March 26, 2015, two Muslim men were arrested for the crimes.{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/gang-involved-in-ranaghat-nun-rape-case-identified/ |title=Nun rape : Arrested man's wife identifies culprits |publisher=Indianexpress.com |date=1987-05-22 |accessdate=2015-03-31}}{{cite news|author= |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kolkata/two-arrested-in-west-bengal-nun-rape-case/article7035971.ece |title=Two arrested in West Bengal nun rape case |newspaper=The Hindu |publisher=Thehindu.com |date=2015-03-26 |accessdate=2015-03-31}} Two Bangladeshi nationals were detained on March 20, 2015, on suspicion of their involvement in the sexual assault of the 71-year-old nun at the Ranaghat convent school six days prior, police said. North Dinajpur Superintendent of Police S. W. Reza said that the two suspects — Mukul Alam (28) and Md Majid (29) — bore a striking resemblance to those caught on the CCTV camera at the Convent of Jesus and Mary school on March 14, one of them having 75 percent similarity.{{cite web |url= http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/nun-rape-case-police-detains-two-bangladeshis/ |title=Nun Rape Case: Police detain two Bangladeshis on suspicion |work=The Indian Express |date=20 March 2015 |accessdate=16 April 2015}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-32651409|title = India nun rape 'mastermind' held in West Bengal|work = BBC News|date = 8 May 2015}}