The West Bengal Minorities Commission on Tuesday said the gang rape incident in Nadia District was an 'implanted' incident, and adding that it was done with the aim of vandalising a place of worship.
"They [the perpetrators] destroyed the statue, why? If you have come to [rob], then why do you touch the religious things? These guys were smoking heavily in a place of worship, they were vandalizing a place of worship. It does not look like it is being done by a pervert, it looks like as if somebody has been sent from somewhere to do this thing," West Bengal Minorities Commission vice chairperson Maria Fernandes told media.
"If they had only come to rob or commit such a heinous crime against the sister, then why did they desecrate the chapel? If this is not an implanted incident then what is it?" she added.
On Saturday, around a dozen suspected dacoits entered the Convent of Jesus and Mary and gang-raped the 72-year-old.
Eight people have been detained in connection with the case after police officials released CCTV footage of the perpetrators.
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