Kolkata, Nov 9 (PTI) A pro-Bengali advocacy group on Sunday staged a rally at Dumdum here demanding exemplary punishment for three youths accused of sexually torturing a 14-year-old girl in the area recently.

The accused, Rajesh Paswan, Vicky Paswan, and Sanju Sai, are in police custody in connection with the alleged abduction and assault of the class 8 student, who was allegedly taken to a hideout while returning from tuition and later dropped near her residence in the last week of October.

They have been booked under the POCSO Act.

Hundreds, including women, marched over 2 km from Airport Gate No. 1 to Nagerbazar via Kalidhan Colony and Gorabazar, demanding capital punishment for the accused.

"While political parties are silent over the ghastly incident for fear of losing votes, we w

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