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A prime accused in the rape and murder of a minor in West Bengal’s Raiganj was shot dead by the police when he tried to flee to Bihar. This is the fourth such encounter in the State in the last four months since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government came to power.
According to police officials, the accused, Dilip Roy, had been fleeing since the mutilated body of the 13-year-old minor was recovered on Thursday (November 5, 2026). At around 3:30 a.m. on Monday (November 9, 2026), in the early hours, police went to arrest him in the Gauri village area, from where he was trying to cross into Bihar.
Soon the police reached the spot, he opened fire at the cops. Dilip was killed in a retaliatory firing during the incident, said police.
He was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was declared dead. Later, the body was sent for an autopsy.
Police said that the minor victim went missing on Tuesday (November 3, 2026). Later, her mutilated body was recovered from the Kulik Wildlife Sanctuary on Thursday (Novemeber 5, 2026). After a preliminary investigation, a case of rape and murder was lodged at the Raiganj police station by her parents, following which the police began searching for the accused involved in the case, including Dilip Roy.
Reacting to the development, the panchayat Minister Dilip Ghosh said that police will have to take such action if anyone violates the laws.
“Such crimes will not be spared. If everyone follows the law and order, nothing will happen. But police have a duty to act if accused individuals attempt to evade the law or escape,” he said.
Monday’s development comes only 13 days after two more encounters took place on October 28 at only twelve hours apart.
Samaul Sheikh, who was a key accused in the murder of BJP worker Sujit Mondal on August 28, was shot dead in a gunfight with police in Murshidabad at around 3 p.m. on Tuesday (October 27, 2026). About 12 hours ago, Prahlad Das, accused of raping and murdering a minor girl in North 24 Parganas’ Gaighata, was shot dead in an encounter at around 3.30 a.m.
Earlier, on July 8, a similar encounter took place in the South 24 Parganas Baruipur area, when police took Prabhas Mondal, the prime accused in the rape and murder of a minor girl, to reconstruct the crime scene.
The area had been tense since July 5, when the body of the 12-year-old girl was recovered from a pond after she was allegedly raped and murdered.
On November 3, the Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari warned the criminals that they will not be spared if anyone causes any harm to the women in the State.
“You all are seeing what is happening when someone lays hands on our mothers and sisters,” CM Adhikari had said on November 3.
Published – November 09, 2026 09:21 am IST
