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Bengal nun gangrape: Protesters block Mamata Banerjee’s convoy, rally on the streets

A 72-year-old nun was brutally gang-raped inside a convent at Nadia district of West Bengal. The event gave way to irate protests in Nadia as well as Delhi, as people demand immediate arrest of the culprits.

Updated: March 17, 2015 16:34 IST

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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee surrounded by locals as she comes out of the hospital after meeting a nun who was seriously injured after allegedely being gang raped at Nadia district in West Bengal on Monday. (Source: PTI)

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The crowd stopped Mamata's convoy demanding immediate arrest of the culprits. The Bengal CM used a microphone to ask the crowd to disperse. (Source: Express Photo by Partha Paul)

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Mamata Banerjee had to walk to the Convent of Jesus and Marry where the shocking rape incident occured. (Source: Express Photo by Partha Paul)

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Mamata Banerjee coming out from the Convent of Jesus and Marry where the Nun rape incident occurs on Saturday, at Ranaghat, Nadia Districts. (Source: Express Photo by Partha Paul)

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Local women gag their mouth with black cloth and protest against the rape. Local people of Nadia district protest on the streets condemning the rape. (Source: Express Photo by Partha Paul)

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A student of Jesus and Mary hold up a poster asking 'Am I Safe?' during the protest.(Source: Express Photo by Partha Paul)

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Posters and placards conveyed the people's anger during the protest condemning the rape. Local people of Nadia district protest on the streets condemning the rape. (Source: Express Photo by Partha Paul)

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Local people of Nadia district protest on the streets condemning the rape. (Source: Express Photo by Partha Paul)

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A sister prays for the well being of the elderly nun, while protesting against the rape. (Source: Express Photo by Partha Paul)

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Christians hold a Candlelight Prayer service in prayer for the 72 year old Nun raped in West Bengal. (Source: Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

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Sisters in Delhi lead a candlelight vigil against the rape of 70-year-old rape of a nun in Bengal. (Source: Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

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Christians hold a Candlelight Prayer service in prayer for the 72 year old Nun raped in West Bengal and the demoliton of a Church in Hisar and the a suicide bombing in a Church in Pakistan, at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in New Delhi on Monday. (Source: Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

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Police posted outside Convent of Jesus and Mary at Nadia. (Source: Express Photo by Partha Paul)

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Convent of Jesus and Mary , the school where the Nun was allegedly gang-raped on Saturday, at Ranaghat. (Source: Express Photo by Partha Paul)

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