West Bengal: The incidents of rape and murder are continuously increasing in West Bengal. First RG Kar Hospital, then Krishnanagar and now Jaigaon. An incident of raping a seven year old girl and burning her alive has come to light in Jaigaon of Alipurduar district.
Police have arrested three people in this case. Police have recovered the body and sent it for post-mortem. The case is being investigated.
What did the police officer say?
Superintendent of Police Y. Raghuvanshi said that evidence is being collected to give strict punishment to the accused of this heinous crime. The victim's nail scratch marks were found on the body of the main accused. This will help in DNA testing. Forensic team has also been deployed for investigation.
Girl's burnt body found
Local people said that the burnt body of the girl, who was missing for eight days, was found on Tuesday. As soon as the information was received, a crowd of people gathered. The angry crowd created a ruckus demanding the arrest of the accused. Protested by blocking the road. Seeing the seriousness of the situation, a large police convoy reached the spot.
Accused of arson after rape
Apart from ASP Manvendra Das, SDPO and other senior officers themselves took charge and controlled the situation. Family members say that the daughter was raped and burnt. The police involved in the investigation had first arrested the main accused Bablu Mian. Eight days ago he took the girl with him. The accused had to come and go to the girl's house. After which two more accused were arrested on Wednesday. The police produced all three accused in Alipurduar court and took them on remand.
BJP's attack on Mamata Banerjee
BJP has attacked the state government and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee regarding this incident. BJP MP from Darjeeling Raju Bisht said that the law and order situation in Bengal has become very bad. On Wednesday, he was going to meet the victim's family when the police stopped him. Union Minister of State and BJP State President Sukant Majmudar also surrounded the Chief Minister. He said that Mamata Banerjee is busy saving rapists.