Following a political backlash condemning West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s statement raising doubts in the Hanskhali gang-rape-murder case in Nadia district, the BJP has now alleged that the victim’s family left their home under political pressure. Is.
A 14-year-old girl, studying in Class IX, died last week on April 5 after she was allegedly gang-raped at a birthday party organized at the house of a local Trinamool Congress leader’s son. According to her parents, who filed a police complaint on April 10, she was bleeding profusely when she returned home and died later that night. The main accused was identified as Brajgopal alias Sohail Gayli, TMC panchayat leader and son of strongman Samarendra Gayli.
BJP’s local Hanskhali MLA Ashish Biswas, who visited the village, said that they found the victim’s house empty. He said the family is under political pressure and there is a possibility of their compromising on security. “That’s why they must have left,” he said.
News18 found on the ground that the victim’s parents had left their house open, leaving the door open while on their way. Neighbors on security duty and the police could not confirm their whereabouts.
A Tulsi tree, considered sacred to Hindus, was freshly planted and watered in the courtyard of the hut, which appears to be the family’s observance of post-death rituals.
The family’s neighbor Putul Biswas said that they were at home in the morning but could not meet now. He said he did not know where they had gone.
Meanwhile, another arrest was made in the case on Tuesday. Prabhakar Poddar, suspected accomplice of main accused Sohail, will be produced in Ranaghat court on Tuesday. Police have said that Poddar was present at the birthday party where the victim was raped.
Mamata Banerjee on Monday expressed doubts over the cause of death of a minor girl whom her family had held responsible for the gang rape, and wondered whether the student of Hanskhali in Nadia district died due to someone slapping her. Is. Stating that the victim had an affair with the accused, the son of a Trinamool Congress leader, who was arrested, Banerjee wondered if she was pregnant.
The chief minister also asked why the girl’s family members lodged a police complaint five days after her death and the body was cremated.
“The police are yet to understand the cause of death. I asked them. Would you call it rape or was she pregnant? Was it (the result) a love affair? Have you inquired about them? It is an unfortunate incident,” Banerjee had said while inaugurating the Vishwa Banga Mela premises here.
She said that her family members and local people were aware of the relationship between the girl and the accused.
“You (the girl’s family) also performed the last rites of the body. I am talking like a common man. From where will they (police) get the proof that she was raped or she was pregnant or there was some other reason like she was slapped by someone after which she fell ill.”
Commenting on Banerjee’s remarks, Agnimitra Paul, the BJP candidate for the Asansol Lok Sabha seat, had said that she was ashamed that “a woman and state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had made a shameful remark” that it was to find out whether the rape The victim did A love affair or that she was pregnant.
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