India, June 28 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday launched a scathing attack at the TMC government over the rape of a student at a law college in Kolkata, saying "Why is there so much insensitivity and cruelty in West Bengal?"

BJP MP Sambit Patra, while addressing a press conference in New Delhi, called the gangrape "a state-sponsored brutality" and alleged that the brutal act was inspired by a political point of view.

The attack from the BJP comes after a 24-year-old student was raped allegedly by three men including an alumnus earlier this week. The three accused and a security guard have been arrested in the case. The incident occurred at the South Calcutta Law College on the evening of June 25.

"In a state where there ...