Police release CCTV of India nun gang-rape suspects

Police have released CCTV footage of four men they claim gang-raped an elderly nun at a convent school in eastern India.

Surya Kanta Mishra, Secretary of State for the Communist Party of India said the nun was "out of danger" and "improving."

The opposition party has threatened to take out protest rallies if the accused were not put behind the bars within 48 hours.

A nun in her 70s is in hospital after being gang-raped in the convent school where she lives in eastern India.

Up to 12 men broke into the Convent of Jesus and Mary School in Ranaghat, West Bengal, overnight, police said today.

"A preliminary investigation has revealed that a nun at the school was gagged and gang-raped," police inspector general Anuj Sharma told AFP.

Two people have been arrested in connection with the alleged attack.

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Residents have held protests in the streets and blocked off the main highway in protest over the attack.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has described the incident as "horrific" and ordered an investigation, The Indian Express reported.

State Urban Development Minister Firhad described it as an "attack on humanity".