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A teenage miss was allegedly gangraped astatine an abandoned mill successful Hooghly territory of West Bengal, a elder constabulary serviceman said connected Saturday. Two radical person been arrested successful transportation with the incident, the serviceman said.
The 16-year-old miss had entered the closed Hindmotor mill premises connected Thursday evening with a friend.
“It is alleged that the accused, on with their associates, sexually assaulted the insignificant wrong the premises,” the serviceman said.
“Statements of the arrested accused are being recorded, and the lawsuit is being investigated from each angles,” helium said, adding that further probe is nether way.
Police person slapped charges nether the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act successful the case, helium said.
Suspected links to Trinamool
One of the arrested accused has been identified arsenic Dipankar Adhikari, besides known arsenic Sonai, reportedly a Trinamool Congress younker person successful the locality, helium said.
The different idiosyncratic arrested is the girl’s alleged boyfriend, who is besides a minor, the serviceman said.
“We are looking for 2 much associates of the accused. They are connected the run, and hunt operations are nether mode to hint them. A Test Identification (TI) parade volition beryllium conducted connected Saturday arsenic portion of the investigation. We bash not cognize whether immoderate of the arrested accused has immoderate governmental transportation oregon not,” the IPS serviceman told PTI.
“The miss is 16.5 years old, portion her person is 17 years old. He has been sent to the juvenile board. We person received her aesculapian report, and the indispensable probe is on,” helium further said.
Later, a section Trinamool Congress leader, who identified himself arsenic Nitai Dasgupta, said the arrested accused was with their party. “This person, if recovered guilty, should beryllium punished. I would request that the party’s highest authorization region him from the party,” Mr. Dasgupta said.
Another enactment person successful the district, Ajay Shankar, said: “We bash not enactment immoderate specified transgression activity. If recovered guilty, past helium indispensable beryllium punished.”
Unfortunate: BJP
When contacted, BJP lawmaker Agnimitra Paul lashed retired astatine the Trinamool Congress authorities and demanded strict enactment against the culprits. “This is an unfortunate incident. But we person got utilized to specified transgression activities successful Bengal. It’s a shame that we are having a pistillate Chief Minister and yet the women are not unafraid here,” the MLA said.
“The radical of Bengal request an contiguous alteration successful the regime, and we are hopeful that erstwhile the BJP forms a authorities aft the ensuing elections, the information and information of the women volition decidedly beryllium addressed,” Ms. Paul told PTI.
