Kolkata, July 11 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday announced a compensation of Rs 25 lakh for the family of Indrajit Tanti, the 26-year-old youth who was lynched in Baruipur, South 24 Parganas district, on July 5 after being falsely suspected in the death of a 12-year-old girl.The girl’s body was recovered from a pond in the area on the morning of July 5, triggering violence and unrest. Amid the turmoil, Tanti was allegedly lynched by a mob after being wrongly linked…
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Kolkata, July 7 (IANS) The 26-year-old youth who was lynched by an angry mob in Baruipur, South 24 Parganas district, after being suspected of involvement in the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl, was innocent, West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Tuesday.The youth, identified as Indrajit Tanti, was beaten to death on July 5 after tension erupted in the area following the recovery of the minor girl’s body from a pond. A mob, enraged over the incident, attacked Tanti, s…
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…