A Class 10 scholar was allegedly raped by her alleged stalker whereas on option to tuition class on Friday within the Gaighata space of North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. The accused, who’s in his 20s, has been arrested. The household of the 14-year-old lady got here to know in regards to the incident when she tried to hold herself on Saturday.
In keeping with the criticism lodged by the lady’s household, she was kidnapped by the youth, who had been harassing her for the previous one-and-half years, whereas she was strolling to her tuition class on Friday.
“The accused, who was in a automotive, allegedly tied her fingers and took her to a abandoned space the place he raped her. He threatened to kill her if she advised anybody earlier than dropping her close to her residence later that night time. The lady didn’t inform anybody in regards to the matter at first. On Saturday, she tried to hold herself at residence when the household discovered that and lodged a police criticism. After the FIR was registered, the accused was arrested for rape and booked beneath POCSO Act,” mentioned a police officer, including the medical examination of the lady is scheduled for Monday.
In keeping with the household, the youth had been harassing her for one-and-a-half years. “An arbitration assembly was held within the space a couple of months in the past the place he admitted the error and apologised,” a member of the family mentioned and demanded demise penalty for the accused after a fast-track trial.
Native BJP MLA Subrata Thakur, who accompanied the lady’s household to the police station on Saturday night time to file the criticism, mentioned: “I got here to the police station after listening to the information of the incident. Spoke with the cops. The accused needs to be punished no matter who he’s.”
Native TMC office-bearer Prasenjit Ghosh rejected the BJP’s cost that the lady’s household was intimidated by the ruling social gathering. “The BJP is mendacity. The police arrested the accused after receiving the criticism. The regulation will observe its course. The Trinamool didn’t intervene on this matter and it gained’t,” Ghosh mentioned.
