A 70-year old nun was gang-raped by a group of robbers when she tried to stop them from robbing a Christian missionary school in West Bengal, police said.
Published : 14 Mar 2015, 08:03 PM
The nun was hospitalised in serious condition after the gang-rape.
She said seven to eight men gang-raped her at the Convent of Jesus and Mary School in Nadia district, 80 kilometres north of Kolkata.
The men escaped and police are searching for them, said the officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to talk to reporters.
The robbers tied the school's security guards with ropes early on Saturday and entered the nuns' room, where the women were sleeping. They took one of the nuns to another room when she tried to block their way and then raped her, a police official said.
The 70-year old woman gang-raped was the oldest nun in the school, he said.
The men escaped with some cash, a mobile phone, a laptop computer and a camera, all belonging to the school, the officer said.
They also ransacked the school's chapel and holy items, Kolkata archbishop Thomas D'Souza alleged.
Scores of angry students, their parents and teachers blocked a nearby highway and railroad tracks for several hours demanding swift police action leading to the arrest of the culprits.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee condemned the incident.