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Minor lady gang-raped and murdered in West Bengal; TMC chief’s son booked

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KOLKATA:  A minor lady was once allegedly gang-raped, who died later on account of over the top bleeding, at a birthday celebration organised via the son of a neighborhood Trinamool Congress chief in Nadia’s Hanskhali remaining Tuesday and the ugly incident got here to gentle after the sufferer’s circle of relatives lodged a criticism with police on Saturday night time. 

In a criticism lodged with Hanskhali police station, the circle of relatives alleged the TMC chief and his friends pressured them to cremate the frame.

Police arrested Brajagopal Goala, the accused and registered a case underneath the Coverage of Youngsters from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012. The accused, the son of a neighborhood TMC ruled panchayat, was once slapped with the costs of rape, homicide and suppressing proof. Police are investigating to establish who had been the others concerned within the incident.

“The members of the family of Brajagopal knowledgeable the woman’s folks that she fell unwell on the birthday celebration. They had been additionally advised to not take the woman to any state-run health center or personal healthcare unit. The sufferer’s circle of relatives took her to a quack physician the place she died,’’ mentioned an officer of Hanskhali police station.

Police are probing the ugly homicide from a couple of angles. “How may the frame be cremated and not using a dying certificates issued via an authorized physician? Why did the members of the family of the TMC chief advise the woman’s folks to take her to quack ?’’ a police officer mentioned.

Elaborating on what led the sufferer’s circle of relatives to take 4 days to resort the criticism with the police, the officer mentioned the woman’s circle of relatives was once threatened that in the event that they resort a criticism with the police, their area will likely be set ablaze.      

As the inside track of the incident unfold, the individuals of childline intervened and so they took the sufferer’s circle of relatives into self belief to resort the criticism with the police.

The panchayat member, Samar Goala, father of the suspect, and different family members are at massive mentioned police.