Police Kill 1 Baruipur Rape-Murder Suspect in Encounter as West Bengal Unrest Deepens
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 9
Police Kill 1 Baruipur Rape-Murder Suspect in Encounter as West Bengal Unrest Deepens
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jul 9
Summary
Prabhash Mondal, a suspect in the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in Baruipur, was shot dead Wednesday after police said he tried to seize an officer's weapon during a crime-scene reconstruction at a pond.
The case has inflamed anger because the girl's body was recovered Sunday, a day after her family reported her missing, and relatives say police failed to act quickly enough when she first disappeared.
Three other arrested men remain in custody, while the state has formed a special investigation team and added charges under India's child sexual abuse law.
The killing is now under scrutiny from opposition politicians and rights activists, who called the encounter suspicious and said it bypassed due process.
West Bengal has already seen days of violent protests, 1 mob lynching of an innocent man, 40 detentions and a ban on public gatherings, turning the case into an early test for the BJP state government.