Violence erupted in West Bengal’s Uttar Dinajpur district on Sunday over the death of a teenage girl, PTI reported. Locals, who alleged tha...
Violence erupted in West Bengal’s Uttar Dinajpur district on Sunday over the death of a teenage girl, PTI reported. Locals, who alleged that the girl was raped and murdered, went on a rampage. They blocked National Highway 31 and set at least three buses and police vehicles on fire.
The protest took place at Chopra area, around 500 km north of Kolkata. The situation remained tense for several hours even as the police used tear gas shells to disperse the crowd. A large number of police personnel, including the Rapid Action Force, were deployed at the site to contain the protestors. The mob reportedly attacked the police with bricks and stones.
The sister of the deceased said she had cleared the Class 10 state board examinations last week and went missing on Saturday night, according to NDTV. Her body was found the next day under a tree. Two bicycles and some mobile phones were recovered from the spot.
#WATCH West Bengal: Clash breaks out between security personnel and locals, during the protest against an alleged gang-rape & murder of a girl in Kalagachh in Uttar Dinajpur. Security forces use tear gas shells to disperse the protestors. pic.twitter.com/aGe3CAo6P9
— ANI (@ANI) July 19, 2020
The West Bengal Police said the postmortem report...
