Provide police cover to Sandeshkhali gang-rape survivor: Calcutta HC to Bengal government

KOLKATA: Calcutta HC Wednesday directed police to provide security to a gang rape survivor in a case registered at Sandeshkhali police station in May 2024. The state was directed to submit a report on January 13. The case was taken up before the bench of Justice Jay Sengupta.

It was alleged that the accused was yet to be arrested and had been threatening the survivor with dire consequences. The woman said she had been constrained to approach cops again, but no steps had been taken even then. She was represented by advocate Sabyasachi Chatterjee.

Senior counsel representing the state submitted that the probe was ongoing and would soon culminate in a report. In the meantime, police were directed to provide security - comprising two constables, one of whom should be armed - to the survivor at her residence. This arrangement will continue till the date of hearing.