A court in Kolkata on Wednesday sentenced Nazrul Islam – the 28-year-old Bangladeshi man convicted of raping an elderly nun at a school in West Bengal’s Ranaghat in 2015 – to life in jail, ANI reported.
The court sentenced his five accomplices, held guilty of conspiracy and robbery, to 10 years imprisonment.
On March 14, 2015, the men broke into a school in the town of Ranaghat, looted the church, desecrated the idols and attacked the 71-year-old nun who tried to stop them.
Islam was arrested after the nun identified him from a line-up of suspects. Investigators identified and arrested the others – Milan Kumar Sarkar, Ohidul Islam, Mohd Selim Sheikh, Khaledar Rahman and Gopal Sarkar – using CCTV footage.
You’ve read Scroll.
Now help sustain it
Scroll is funded by readers, not corporate owners. If you believe our work matters, support our newsroom. Become a member today!
We’re not driven by clicks or corporate interests – just honest, independent reporting. Keep us going. Support Scroll today!