WB nun gang rape case: CID arrests one from Mumbai

The accused, who has been identified as Mohammad Salim, was arrested from Mumbai.He has been brought to Kolkata.

Another suspect has also been detained in connection with the case.

According to reports, Salim was a key player in conducting the robbery in the convent of Gangnapur in Ranaghat, where the miscreants gang-raped the 72-year-old Mother Superior after robbing Rs. 12 lakh and valuables.

The CID has also alleged that Salim was also seen in the CCTV footage.

Salim was tracked by his mobile phone and was arrested from Mumbai.

The other accused in the case have parted into small groups and can be anywhere in India, reports said.

Earlier West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had decided to hand over the Ranaghat nun's gang-rape case to CBI as a probe by the CID continued to hit the wall several days after the incident.

A gang of miscreants that broke into a convent of Gangnapur in Ranaghat under Nadia district, gang-raped the 72-year-old Mother Superior after robbing Rs. 12 lakh and valuables.

The incident evoked widespread indignation across the country and put Banerjee's government in a spot with religious heads of the Christian community openly criticising the administration.

People continued to demand immediate arrest of the culprits who remained at large even though the  CID issued a cash reward of Rs one lakh for any information on the eight suspects, four of whom had been captured in CCTV footage.

The Chief Minister, who visited Gangnapur earlier, had faced the irk of the people, who barred the way of her vehicle and detained her for more than an hour. As the mob jeered at her for the alleged police inaction, an angry Chief Minister accused the CPI(M) and BJP of conspiring to harass her.