An 18-year-old lady was discovered lifeless with burn marks on her physique in Krishnanagar city of Nadia district on Wednesday morning, hours after she had left dwelling, saying she was going out to have pizza.
The household alleged that she was gang raped and killed. Based mostly on a grievance lodged by the girl’s household, an 18-year-old man was arrested. Police stated they’re additionally questioning his members of the family.
“We arrested the youth primarily based on the grievance lodged by the girl’s mother and father. We’re not certain if the girl died on the spot, the place her physique was discovered. There was no signal of a fireplace at that place,” Superintendent of Police (Krishnanagar) Amarnath Ok stated.
“The footage from safety cameras put in in that space is being examined. Solely a postmortem examination can decide the reason for dying and whether or not she was raped,” the SP stated, including that autopsy report is awaited.
“She went out at 5:30 pm on Tuesday. When she didn’t return by 9:30 pm, we began searching for her… We predict she has been raped and murdered,” stated the girl’s mom.
“He (the arrested youth) needed to interrupt up with my sister. I informed him to be affected person together with her as she was upset. We suspect that he and his pals raped and murdered her,” the girl’s sister added.
In the meantime, her final Fb submit learn, “Nobody is answerable for my dying. I’m accountable. You keep effectively.” Reacting to her social media submit, the girl’s mom stated: “We looked for our daughter all by means of the night time. She was pressured to jot down that Fb submit in order that the crime might be handed off as dying by suicide.”
BJP MLA Locket Chatterjee, in the meantime, met the household of the girl.
Opposition Congress and CPI(M) additionally protested outdoors the native police station, demanding the autopsy examination to be carried out within the presence of a Justice of the Peace.
