A 12-year-old girl’s body was found in a pond near her home in Baruipur, West Bengal, on Sunday morning. Police say she was kidnapped and raped the day before.

Police have filed a case and started investigating. According to her family, the girl left home Saturday afternoon to buy food but never came back. The family says four people kidnapped her.

Locals demand justice

When the body was found around 11am, local people got angry and attacked four people they suspected of the crime.

The locals blocked roads and the nearby railway track, demanding justice for the victim. When police and paramilitary forces tried to clear the blockades, the crowd attacked them too.

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As per Hindustan Times quoted in their report, “The residents also blocked roads and the local railway track demanding justice for the victim and attacked police and Central paramilitary personnel who tried to remove the blockades,” a Baruipur police officer said, requesting anonymity.

“Several police personnel were injured in stone-pelting, and one of them had to be shifted from Baruipur hospital to Kolkata for treatment,” the officer added.

Kankar Prasad Barui, Inspector General of Police for the South Bengal range, rushed to the spot with his team and brought the situation under control.

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“We have told the victim’s family that none would be spared. All those involved in the crime will be arrested. An investigation has started,” Barui said.

The victim’s body was sent to Baruipur hospital for a post-mortem examination.

Government vows action

Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari checked on the situation and spoke to the victim’s father over the phone.

“The CM assured me that the culprits would be arrested and punished. I demanded that they should be hanged. He asked me to go to Bhabani Bhawan (the state CID headquarters) on Tuesday. I am satisfied with the administration,” the victim’s father said to Hindustan Times.

FAQS

What happened?

    12-year-old girl in Baruipur, South 24 Parganas (West Bengal), was allegedly kidnapped and raped. Her body was found in a nearby pond on Sunday morning.

    When did she go missing?

      She left home on Saturday afternoon to buy food and never returned.