According to police, the arrested woman identified as Geeta, a resident of Ludhiana, Punjab, lured a 15-year-old girl while her parents went to their native place and held her captive in Surat, Gujarat, for four months.
A youth was arrested on charges of molestation at a village within the Kotulpur PS area in Bankura.
Hundreds of villagers, primarily women, blocked the road connecting Falakata in Alipurduar district today to protest the alleged rape and murder of a five-year-old girl.
The incident occurred at the Siddh Baba hillock near the Puchi village on Tuesday.
On allegations of negligence from police officers on rape and murder of a 9-year-old school girl, a mob set a police outpost and vehicles on fire at Mahishmari Joynagar in South 24-Parganas, this morning.
According to the Police, on Saturday night, the woman was walking with her mother near the Kalindi Kunj Road when two unknown persons approached her and threw a blue liquid on her face.
Though police sought custody of the accused, Saduddin Malik, 18, for seven days, the Nampally Criminal Court only granted three days custody.
The incident took place at Shivalakala Kalan when the girl's parents had gone for work at the same brick kiln.
A division bench headed by Justices H.T. Narendra Prasad and Rajendra Badamikar gave the verdict on Wednesday. The prosecution has submitted an appeal to the High Court questioning the order of acquittal of the accused by the Special POCSO court.
The councillor had hired an art college student to sketch on the poster. The sisters had protested Badsha’s re-nomination from Ward 27 on the plea that Badsha and his henchmen allegedly were terrorizing the residents, extorting money and depriving the poor families. They, instead, had suggested the name of Muktar Mia, a lottery agent. The police suspect this invited Badsha to take revenge.
