Kolkata, Sept. 10 -- The police have arrested a prime suspect in the gangrape of a 20-year-old woman during her birthday celebration in a flat in south Kolkata's Regent Park last week, official sources said today.
The survivor from Haridevpur has alleged that she was gangraped by two acquaintances during her birthday celebration on September 5. The prime accused, identified as Chandan Mallick, was arrested from Bardhaman Railway Station after the city police laid a trap last night.
The accused, said to belong to a Durga Puja committee, and Deep Biswas have been named in an FIR lodged by the gangrape suvivor at Haridevpur police station. The report said the woman met Chandan Mallick several months ago as the man claimed to be the head of a...