Three found guilty in Kolkata Park Street gang rape case

When Jordan cried rape, many tried to silence her by casting aspersions on her reputation.

Now, with a Kolkata sessions court finding three of the accused guilty of rape, do you think Mamata Banerjee should take back her remark? On her decision to come out in the open she had then said, “I am a victim, I have been raped”.

The woman – then 40 years old, a divorcee and mother of two – was beaten up and gang-raped at gun-point inside a moving auto and then thrown off the vehicle near a city intersection on the night of February 5, 2012, after she had come out of a night club on the fashionable Park Street.

The incident had led to a huge uproar with both opposition political parties and civil rights outfits resorting to protests over security of women in the metropolis, which is generally considered safe for women.

“It was tough for her, but she was a very strong woman and went through the trial process”, the sister of the victim, who died of Encephalitis in March this year, said.

Initially, the police were reluctant to accept the complaint, but when the media started reporting the incident, an inquiry was initiated.

The quantum of punishment will be announced on Friday, the judge said while passing the order in-camera.

However, on Thursday, her family did not show any rancor as they expressed happiness over the judgment.

The sessions court found all accused in the case guilty, however two the five men accused in the case are absconding.