Rape and Murder of 11-Year-Old Sparks Unrest in West Bengal
Police said the suspect was killed during a crime scene reconstruction after allegedly trying to flee and firing at officers.
- On Sunday, the body of an 11-year-old girl was recovered from a pond in Surjyapur village, Baruipur, a day after her family reported her missing on Saturday afternoon.
- Relatives claimed police ignored their initial pleas for help, stating, "Had the police acted earlier, she could have been saved." Suspect Prabhash Mondal was killed in a "police encounter" less than 24 hours after arrest.
- Angered by the death, mobs vandalized roads, shops, and a local railway station, prompting police to register three cases and detain 40 people. Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari met the victim's family to assure them of justice.
- Opposition parties accused the newly-elected Bharatiya Janata Party of failing to protect women, while local BJP leader Sushant Mondal denied allegations, claiming he "helped catch the perpetrators."
- Ranjit Sur of the Association for the Protection of Democratic Rights called the suspect's killing "suspicious," arguing that similar police encounter narratives in other states follow an identical pattern of escape attempts.
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Rape, lynching, encounter and murder: Baruipur becomes flashpoint for Bengal's law and order crisis in 4 days
A girl's rape and murder in Baruipur triggered widespread outrage and protests. Locals then lynched a man suspected of involvement in the crime. The prime suspect in the girl's death was killed in an alleged police encounter. A football match dispute also resulted in a teenage boy's killing. Heavy police deployment now maintains order in the tense town.
Baruipur Rape-Murder: Accused shot dead in police encounter
Prabhash Mondal, the prime accused in the brutal rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl, was shot dead by police in an encounter early Wednesday morning. The girl went missing on Saturday, July 4. Her body was found the next day stuffed inside a sack in a pond in Baruipur. The post-mortem report confirmed sexual assault. Water in her lungs showed she was still alive when thrown into the pond. Police took Mondal to the crime scene in Surjyapur ar…
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