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{{Infobox person
| name = Suzette Jordan
| image = File:Suzette Jordan with her cat.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Suzette Jordan with her cat
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1974|10|21}}
| birth_place = Kolkata, India
| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|03|15|1974|10|21}}
| death_place = Kolkata, India
| nationality = Indian
| other_names =
| occupation = Women’s rights activist
| years_active =
| known_for =
| notable_works =
| children = 2
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==Surviving gangrape in 2012==
On the evening of 6 February 2012, Jordan met
===Revealing her identity===
While the media and police initially ensured an information blackout of the victim's name, as is customary in [[Rape in India|India]], she later publicly revealed her identity as 37
After revealing her identity,
===Outcome of case===
One of the prime accused was Kadir Khan, the then
The other accused, Naser Khan, Ruman Khan and Sumit Bajaj, were arrested in February 2012. On 10 December 2015, the city sessions court, [[Kolkata]] found all five of the accused guilty. The accused were convicted under 120 (B) (
Four years after the incident, prime accused Kader Khan and Muhammad Ali were arrested on 30 September 2016 in Noida, brought back to Kolkata and produced before the court.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kolkata Park Street rape case: Main accused Kader Khan arrested from Delhi|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/kolkata-park-street-rape-case-main-accused-arrested-delhi/1/776826.html|website=indiatoday.intoday.in|date=30 September 2016 |publisher=India Today|accessdate=30 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Park street gangrape: After four and a half years, prime accused Kader Khan nabbed|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kolkata/Park-street-gangrape-After-four-and-a-half-years-prime-accused-Kader-Khan-nabbed/2016/09/30/article3633456.ece|website=www.newindianexpress.com/|publisher=Indian Express|access-date=30 September 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160930114340/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kolkata/Park-street-gangrape-After-four-and-a-half-years-prime-accused-Kader-Khan-nabbed/2016/09/30/article3633456.ece|archive-date=30 September 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In mid-June, 2020, Sumit Bajaj was released 20
===Social impact===
The case was widely debated in the media, with some political and social commentators casting aspersions on Jordan's character, and quickly became a political issue.
==Later activism==
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