Kolkata: Three men convicted of raping and murdering a college student in West Bengal's Kamduni village in 2013 were given the death sentence by a Kolkata court on Saturday.
Additional sessions judge Sanchita Sarkar handed out capital sentence to Aminul Ali, Saiful Ali and Ansar Ali. Three other convicts Imanul Islam, Aminul Islam and Bhola Naskar were sentenced to life imprisonment.
Saiful, Ansar and Aminul were found guilty under sections 376(d) (gang rape), 302 (murder), 376A (inflicting injury which causes death of a woman) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of IPC.
The judge found the other three guilty under sections 376(d) (gang rape), 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence) of IPC.
Two accused -- Rafiqul Islam and Nur Ali were acquitted on Thursday owing to lack of evidence against them. Another accused Gopal Naskar died during trial in August last year.
The 20-year old college student was abducted by the men on her way home on June 7, 2013 at Kamduni village near Kolkata.
She was gangraped and killed, and her mutilated body was found the next day in a pond in the village.
The incident had led to outrage in the state and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had faced protests by angry villagers when she went there to visit family members of the victim.
The case generated political controversy with opposition Left parties earlier accusing the Mamata government of shielding the culprits.
After the convictions the ruling Trinamool Congress said it showed that the police and administration has worked impartially to get the culprits booked.
( With PTI inputs)
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