Tension ran high at Sonarpur in South 24-Parganas after a minor girl was allegedly raped and then murdered by a youth.
Police said that the victim, a 14-year-old girl from Leningar area under Sonarpur police station, was found dead inside her house. According to the preliminary investigation, police suspect that the accused hit her on the head with a heavy substance after raping her. The victim used to live in the house with her grandmother after losing her mother in childhood.
The incident spread tension among the local residents after the recovery of her body. She was popular in the locality. The villagers could not trust their own eyes when they found her blood stained body lying on the bed. They also alleged that a local youth had been after her for the past few months.
The accused, a local resident, entered into the house by breaking a portion of the fence made of straw. Police said that the victim was a brilliant student and was studying in class X in a nearby school. The local people alleged that the accused youth had been giving indecent proposals to the victim for quite sometime. The victim girl had turned down his proposal. Police suspect that the accused might have
tried to take revenge. The accused has been absconding since the incident.
Her grandmother found the girl lying in a pool of blood on her bed on Monday morning. The woman broke down in tears after seeing her state. The local residents rushed to the spot and took her to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced brought dead by the doctors. According to the preliminary investigation, police suspect that girl was raped before the murder.
The victim's grandmother told the police that the fence of the girl's room was broken when she was entering the room. She alleged that
the girl was raped and then murdered by the accused. Police have registered a case on the basis of the complaint lodged by the victim's relatives. Police are conducting raids to nab the culprit and meanwhile waiting for the postmortem report.