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Malay Mail
8 hours ago
- Politics
- Malay Mail
Fresh anger in Kolkata as law student gang-raped, just half-a-year after doctor's rapist get life sentence
NEW DELHI, June 28 — Indian police have arrested three men accused of gang raping a law student in Kolkata, officials said yesterday, a case that has reignited anger in a city still scarred by the rape and murder of a doctor last year. The survivor said she was assaulted on Wednesday evening inside a room on the college premises, Indian media reported, with the three accused including two current and one former student. The All India Trinamool Congress (AITC), the ruling party in West Bengal state, said the 'full weight of the law will be brought to bear'. The case again highlights the chronic issue of sexual violence in the world's most populous country, where an average of nearly 90 rapes a day were reported in 2022. It has also sparked fresh political clashes between the AITC and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The BJP accused the AITC-led state government of failing to protect women. West Bengal had become a 'breeding ground for crimes against women', the BJP said in a statement. 'State machinery continues to fail its daughters'. The AITC rejected the accusations. The assault comes after a Kolkata court in January sentenced the rapist and murderer of a 31-year-old doctor to life in prison. Her killing in August 2024 at a state-run hospital in Kolkata triggered protests, with candlelight marches and nationwide outrage over the continuing violence against women. The brutality of that attack drew comparisons to the 2012 gang rape and murder of a young woman on a bus in New Delhi, a crime that shocked the country and led to widespread demonstrations. — AFP
Khaleej Times
a day ago
- Politics
- Khaleej Times
India arrests three accused of gang raping law student in Kolkata
Indian police have arrested three men accused of gang raping a law student in Kolkata, officials said Friday, a case that has reignited anger in a city still scarred by the rape and murder of a doctor last year. The survivor said she was assaulted on Wednesday evening inside a room on the college premises, Indian media reported, with the three accused including two current and one former student. The All India Trinamool Congress (AITC), the ruling party in West Bengal state, said the "full weight of the law will be brought to bear". The case again highlights the chronic issue of sexual violence in the world's most populous country, where an average of nearly 90 rapes a day were reported in 2022. It has also sparked fresh political clashes between the AITC and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The BJP accused the AITC-led state government of failing to protect women. West Bengal had become a "breeding ground for crimes against women", the BJP said in a statement. "State machinery continues to fail its daughters". The AITC rejected the accusations. The assault comes after a Kolkata court in January sentenced the rapist and murderer of a 31-year-old doctor to life in prison. Her killing in August 2024 at a state-run hospital in Kolkata triggered protests, with candlelight marches and nationwide outrage over the continuing violence against women. The brutality of that attack drew comparisons to the 2012 gang rape and murder of a young woman on a bus in New Delhi, a crime that shocked the country and led to widespread demonstrations.
CTV News
23-05-2025
- CTV News
‘Anxiety-inducing': Canadian at Harvard after Trump's foreign student ban
Watch John Gobin, a Canadian law student at Harvard University, says it's been a stressful time as the process plays out in the legal system.
Daily Mail
13-05-2025
- Daily Mail
Facing jail, law student who was caught with £150,000 worth of cannabis at airport
A law student is facing a lengthy jail sentence after she was caught attempting to smuggle £150,000 of drugs through Edinburgh Airport. Sage-Ahliea Gold was found to be carrying more than 35lbs of herbal cannabis in a suitcase when she arrived at the capital's airport in August last year. Gold, who is currently studying law at the University of Greenwich, was said to have broken down in tears when she was confronted by border force officials following a search of her luggage. The 25-year-old, from East Dulwich, London, was arrested and charged and appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court where she pleaded guilty to the offence yesterday. (TUES) Fiscal depute Jennifer McLaren told the court that Gold arrived at the Scottish capital after flying in from John F Kennedy International Airport in New York on August 11 last year. Ms McLaren said all the luggage from the flight was being screened and a suitcase was identified with 'a number of packages within'. Gold was subsequently seen 'uplifting the case and attending at the nothing to declare exit' where she was pulled aside by security officials. The court was told: 'Ms Gold was then stopped and she answered some standard questions and said she had travelled from New York and had packed her bag. 'She unlocked the case and officers observed a number of personal possessions and vacuum packed packages that appeared to contain herbal material. 'Ms Gold at this point was cautioned and told she did not need to provide information other than her name, date of birth and nationality. 'She didn't respond and put her hand to her face and began to cry.' The prosecutor said there were 30 vacuum sealed packages found in the suitcase containing a total of 16.14 kilograms of cannabis with a value of £61,332. The court was told if the drugs were spit into 'half kilo deals' the value would be £75,000 and when split into one gram bags the value was £150,000. Solicitor Charles Morrison, defending, said he would reserve his mitigation to the sentence hearing. Sheriff Charles Walls said: 'You have now been convicted of the offence relating to the importation of drugs, a significant amount of cannabis. 'This is obviously a serious offence with a lot of drugs involved so I will have to give this considerable consideration.' Gold was released on bail and sentence was deferred for social work reports to next month.
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Yahoo
Woman killed in axe attack at Warsaw university
A woman has been killed and a man has been severely injured in an axe attack at the University of Warsaw on Wednesday, according to Polish police. A 22-year-old Polish man has been arrested in connection with the attack which the university has called a "huge tragedy". Both victims worked at the university. In a statement, the university said the woman killed had been a member of staff, and the man injured worked in security. A motive is not yet known for the attack. Police said the attacker entered the college campus at 18:40 local time (16:40GMT). From there he entered a college auditorium, according to a spokesperson for the district prosecutor. ADVERTISEMENT Few details have emerged about what then happened. "We express our great sorrow and sympathy to the family and loved ones," the rector of the university said in an a statement. 8 May will be a day of mourning for the college, the rector announced. Another Polish news outlet, Gazeta Wyborcza Daily say that the attacker was a third year law student. In the aftermath of the attack, reporters from Reuters saw the auditorium cordoned off as police vans gathered around. The Rector of the University of Warsaw said in a statement that May 8 would be a day of mourning at the institution, calling the attack a "huge tragedy". "We express our great sorrow and sympathy to the family and loved ones," the statement read.
