A decision in a sexual assault case by the Supreme Court in Canada implied that the rape victim should be known as a 'person with a vagina' and not a women
The All India Bar Association has written to Mamata Banerjee cautioning about demands for President's Rule in WB over horrific incidents of sexual assault and violence in Sandeshkhali
Altaf has been booked under sections 376AB, 376(2)n, 377, 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, sections 3(1)(w)(i), 3(2), 3(v) of the SC-ST Act, and sections 4 and 6 of POCSO Act.
The arrests have taken place two months after a female student was allegedly disrobed at gunpoint, gang-raped by three unknown men, and recorded the incident.
The victim girl mentions in the FIR that she has been raped and sexually exploited by the accused. The complaint also mentions accused Sheikh's wife Sofiana who threatened the victim.