Mumbai, July 7 (IANS) Popular television actress Munmun Dutta has voiced her pain over the rape and murder case involving a 12-year-old girl in Baruipur and asked for justice for the child by urging the authorities to “find these men”. Munmun shared a poster, which had “JUSTICE FOR BARUIPIUR” written on it.For the caption, she simply wrote: A 12 year old girl, a mere child, raped and murdered. Yet AGAIN. Find these MEN. (sic).”The body of the 12-year-old girl was recovered from a pond in W…
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Kolkata, July 6 (IANS) Former Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday took to the streets to protest against the alleged rape and murder incident at Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district. Banerjee led a candlelight procession from her house in the Kalighat area of south Kolkata. The police and central forces stopped Mamata and Trinamool leaders and workers in front of the house.However, the barricades were broken, and the procession moved forward, causing great t…
Kolkata, July 6 (IANS) The prime accused in the rape and murder of a 12-year-old minor girl at Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal was arrested on Monday afternoon, the Baruipur Police District insiders informed. Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari promised stringent action, even capital punishment for the accused persons in the case.“The sleuths of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the state police, on Monday afternoon arrested a person, who had been suspected as th…
Kolkata, July 6 (IANS) A fresh mystery surfaced at Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal on Monday afternoon after the body of a youth was recovered from the same pond where the body of a 12-year-old girl, allegedly raped and murdered, was recovered on Sunday morning.The youth, whose body was recovered, has been identified as Krishnakanta Haldar. The body has been sent for post-mortem, confirmed the Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) of Baruipur, Abhishek Ranjan.However, it is …
Kolkata, July 6 (IANS) Apprehending fresh tension in the Baruipur area in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal over the recovery of a body of a 12-year-old minor girl, allegedly raped and murdered, the Baruipur Police District on Monday imposed prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in areas under three police stations under its jurisdiction.With prohibitory orders being imposed, the assembly of five or more people at a place and at a time in ar…
Kolkata, July 6 (IANS) Heavy security remained deployed outside former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s residence in Kolkata’s Kalighat area on Monday, triggering a political confrontation between the Trinamool Congress and the BJP over the reason behind the heightened police presence. While the Trinamool Congress alleged that the security deployment was aimed at preventing Banerjee from visiting the family of the 11-year-old rape-murder victim in Baruipur, the BJP maintained that th…
Kolkata, July 6 (IANS) The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl at Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal has arrested one more accused in the case.With the fresh action following overnight raid and search operations, the total arrests in this connection so far have reached two. The first accused was arrested on Sunday evening. Both the arrested persons will be presented before a district court on Monday, and the police will se…
Kolkata, July 5 (IANS) The “original but minority” faction in the Trinamool Congress, which continues its allegiance towards former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, has alleged a deliberate and massive deployment of state and central forces in front of the residence of the two leaders at Kalighat in south Kolkata, allegedly to prevent them from visiting the family of a child who was allegedly raped and murdered in Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district…
Kolkata, July 5 (IANS) Police have arrested one person in connection with the recovery of a minor girl’s body from a pond in Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district, where she was allegedly raped and murdered.Police said the person was detained on Sunday morning and was later arrested. A section of local residents alleged that the minor girl had been seen with the arrested person before she went missing on Saturday afternoon. The police are interrogating the accused.A murder case has already been…
Kolkata, June 5 (IANS) National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested former Trinamool Congress legislator Saokat Molla in connection with the bomb blast at Bhangar in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. While attempting to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh through the coastal borders in South 24 Parganas district on Thursday, Saokat was spotted and chased by local villagers at the border-adjacent Chunakhali area. He managed to escape at that point.Earlier in the day, some close ass…