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Hanskhali gang rape: Three get life, prison terms for six others
The Statesman Siliguri
|December 24, 2025
The Ranaghat Additional District Judge (ADJ) court on Tuesday sentenced three men to life imprisonment for the gang rape and death of a 14-year-old girl in Hanskhali in April 2022, while handing varied prison terms to six others, including political figures linked to the main perpetrator.
Amid tight security, all nine convicts were produced before Additional District Judge Soumen Gupta, who pronounced the verdict. Brojogopal alias Sohel Gayali, Ranjit Mallick, and Prabhakar Poddar, the three prime accused, were sentenced to life imprisonment and an additional 20 years of rigorous jail term under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Sohel Gayali, the son of local Trinamul Congress leader Samarendra Gayali, was the central figure in the crime.
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