Statesman News Service
MALDA, July 29. — Communal tension is brewing at Bakchor village, close to the Indo-Bangladesh border in Malda, following a report that a 12-year old girl was allegedly gang-raped and killed by three criminals in Bamongola police station area, officials said today. Police are on the alert in this area and have been keeping a watch on the situation since last night. A large police force has been sent to the area from the headquarters today. The contingent has set up a camp there to defuse tension after three Muslim boys were detained. A source said: “The Border Security Force too is on the alert to defuse tension.” The inspector-in-charge of Bamongola PS, Mr Anil Roy said there was an attempt to rape the girl, who was abducted when she was on her way back home from her private tutor’s house yesterday around 5.50 p.m. The incident occurred in a jute field, Mr Roy said, and the girl was later killed. Her body was buried an area near the jute field, Mr Roy said. “We have detained three youths, identified as Anarul, Jahangir and Mithun, on the basis of circumstantial evidence,” Mr Roy said. “Investigation into the incident is on,” he added. Communal tension was also brewing in a village near Nalagola area after BJP leaders took up the matter to protest against the incident and announced their intention to stage a demonstration in the area. The family members of the girl lodged a missing diary with police when she did not come back home till 7 p.m. yesterday. On conducting a search for her, the villagers found her body buried near the jute field. The girl went to her tutor’s house after attending school. Police conducted a postmortem on the body today. “Without receiving the postmortem report, we can’t say whether the girl was raped, but it is clear that some criminals attempted to rape her and killed her in an attempt to suppress the fact,” a senior police officer said.
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