Security heightened outside the Baruipur police station after police brought people accused in the alleged gangrape and murder of an 11-year-old girl, in South 24 Parganas, on Monday, July 6, 2026. File
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West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday (July 7, 2026) visited Baruipur in the State’s South 24 Parganas district and met the family members of a 12-year-old girl who was sexually assaulted and killed, while giving a 72-hour- ultimatum to the police administration to investigate if there has been any laxity on the part of the local police.
“I have conducted a primary analysis. I asked the DGP to submit a report within 72 hours. We will take strict action accordingly. If there is any negligence in the time taken after the complaint was lodged, even if it is 1%, action will be taken,” Mr. Adhikari told media persons at Baruipur.
While expressing satisfaction that the family members of the victim have put faith in his government, the Chief Minister said that action will be taken against around 200 identified people who allegedly vandalised public property, damaged police vehicles and railway tracks during the protest that followed the recovery of the body of the girl.
The family members of the victim demanded that a police outpost be set up near their residence, to which the Chief Minister agreed.
According to the police, three persons have been arrested and booked under Section 63 (rape), 70 (2) (gangrape), 103 (1) (murder), and 238 (deliberately tampering with evidence) of BNS and the necessary sections of POCSO. Those arrested are identified as Anand Sardar, Prabhas Mandal and Dibakar Sardar.
The Chief Minister said that the missing complaint was lodged at 11.50 p.m. on Saturday (July 4, 2026), hours after she went missing. The body was recovered on Sunday afternoon. Violence had erupted after the body was recovered from a pond, and a mob attacked police and blocked roads and railway tracks.
After the girl’s body was recovered, a young man named Indranath Tanti was beaten to death by a mob. Chief Minister said on Tuesday (July 7, 2026) that the person who was lynched by the mob was innocent. “Police told me that the man who was lynched was innocent,” Mr. Adhikari said. The Chief Minister had said that there were attempts to give a communal angle to the rape and murder. Later in the day, the Chief Minister met the police personnel who were injured in the violence.
Local MP Saayoni Ghosh, who recently defected from the Trinamool Congress to the National Citizens Party of India, also visited Baruipur and tried to meet the victim’s family members.
Initially, she found the door shut and later was allowed to meet the family members. Locals raised slogans calling her a “traitor” and asked why she was visiting the place three days after the incident.
MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar also visited Baruipur. Leaders from the Ritabrata faction of the Trinamool Congress also visited Baruipur and met family members of the victim. West Bengal Minister Agnimitra Pal and Sonarpur Dakshin BJP MLA Roopa Ganguly were also among the leaders who visited Baruipur and met the family members of the victim.
Published – July 07, 2026 04:24 pm IST
