NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday praised a POCSO court in Baruipur for awarding the death penalty to Mostakin Sardar, convicted of the rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in Joynagar, South 24 Parganas. The verdict came just 62 days after the crime, a pace Banerjee described as “unprecedented” in…
JOYNAGAR (SOUTH 24 PARGANAS): A nine-year-old girl’s battered body was found in a ditch near her home at Joynagar in Bengal’s South 24 Parganas early Saturday, triggering a rampage by villagers who alleged “perfunctory” police response on a complaint since she went missing the previous day after leaving home for tuition. Her family alleged she…
NEW DELHI: A 10-year-old girl‘s body was found in a marshy land in South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, leading to violent protests by locals against the police on Saturday.The girl had been missing since Friday evening and villagers allege that she was raped and murdered, accusing the police of not acting on their initial…
