Minor raped in Salt Lake

Kolkata: A minor girl was allegedly raped at Naobhanga in Salt Lake on Tuesday morning.

The accused persons were arrested after her family members lodged a complaint at the Bidhannagar South Police Station.

According to the police, the accused was a neighbour of the victim. On Tuesday, he allegedly took the girl to a house near a sweet shop in Naobhanga and raped her.

He also threatened her with dire consequences if she disclosed anything about him. After returning home, the victim fell sick and narrated the incident to her family.

In another incident, a young woman was allegedly raped at gunpoint at Kultali in South 24-Parganas.

According to her statement, on June 18, when she was going home from her in law's house in Canning area, she met a youth identified as Basudeb Naskar who was known to her.

Naskar offered to drop her home. After few minutes, he took her to a lonely place in Kultalai area and raped her at gunpoint. When she fell unconscious Naskar fled.

Later, when she regained consciousness, she went home and informed her family members about the incident. It is alleged that when she along with her family members went to Canning police station to lodge a complaint they were asked to go to Kultali police station. Later, a case was lodged at the Kultali police station but Naskar was not arrested till Tuesday.