Protest erupted in South 24 parganas district of West Bengal after body of an 11-year-old was found in canal. The girl was missing since Friday night and the family has alleged that she was raped. Following the discovery of girl’s body in canal, villagers held protest. The local residents accused the police of not taking action on time.
The police has assured the villagers that the culprit will be found and punished.
According to the police, the minor girl was returning home from tuition classes when suddenly she went missing. Her family out of concern rushed to the Police station to file a complaint. But the family alleged that they faced harassment from the police instead of the help.
The girl’s body was found on Saturday morning and local residents gathered in huge number and expressed their outrage.
Several videos of the protest surfaced online which showed a group of villagers clashing with the police, they carried sticks and vandalized the police station, broke chair, smashed bike and damaged other properties. They surrounded the police officials and demanded action at the earliest.
BJP leader Amit Malviya took to his X and slammed Mamata Banerjee led West Bengal Government over its failure to safeguard the girls and women of the state. He wrote, “During Durga Puja, as West Bengal celebrates Devi Shakti, women and girls are unsafe. Unless Asuri Shaktis, at the helm of the State’s affair, are not defeated, crimes against women will continue, unabated. Mamata Banerjee has to GO for women to be safe in Bengal.”
In another shocking incident in West Bengal, an 11 year old minor Hindu girl, is abducted, brutally raped and murdered, while she was returning back from tuition, in the Kripakhali area, under Kultali police station. The villagers found her lifeless body from the riverbank.… pic.twitter.com/CjNJJtMdJv
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) October 5, 2024
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