Four Bangladeshi nationals were detained in Ludhiana in connection with the gang rape of an elderly nun in West Bengal's Ranaghat town last month.
DCP Navin Singla told the media here Wednesday that four Bangladeshi nationals were detained from Ludhiana's Motinagar area.
Punjab Police additional DGP Dinkar Gupta said that the suspects were being questioned.
The suspects were detained following their photographs being made available to police authorities in various states.
The 72-year-old victim, a sister superior in a convent school in Ranaghat town, was gang raped by the accused who had entered the school premises to commit dacoity on March 14.
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