RANAGHAT, India, March 26 (UPI) -- Two Indian men -- one from Mumbai and the other from West Bengal -- were arrested in connection to the alleged beating and gang-rape of an elderly nun at a convent.
Investigators said Mohammed Salim Sheikh and Gopal Sarkar, from Mumbai and a West Bengal border town respectively, have not been charged but remain in police custody. Investigators said Sheikh was present during the alleged assault.
The March 14 attack at the Convent of Jesus and Mary School has ignited worries among the country's Christian community. Authorities said a gang of men ransacked the convent church and stole money from the school before the assault. Six attackers were allegedly caught on the church's closed-circuit television. The nun, who is in her 70s, required surgery as a result of her injuries.
Since the December 2012 gang-rape and murder of a medical student, the country's leaders have vowed to address the problems of sexual violence against women. Some say the changes aren't happening quick enough.
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