Protests Erupt In Kolkata After 7-Year-Old Girl’s Murdered Corpse Found In Gunny Bag

On and round Bondel Road on Monday afternoon, teams of males set fireplace to police automobiles and threw rocks at passing autos in an try to realize management of a person who had been detained on suspicion of murdering and sexually abusing a seven-year-old woman. In the person’s condominium on Sunday night time, the kid’s physique was reportedly found hid in a gunny bag.

The protests brought about a halt to coach operations within the Sealdah suburban space. On the railroad strains between Park Circus and Ballygunge stations, the protesters camped out. The agitation, in line with railway authorities, peaked between 2.30 and 4.30 pm. According to a railway worker, roughly 15 trains have been delayed. Teams from the Government Railway Police, Railway Protection Force, Kolkata Police, and different companies have been despatched in to assist defuse the state of affairs, the official mentioned. The Bondel Road flyover, Picnic Garden Road, a portion of the EM Bypass, CN Roy Road, and locations near Park Circus all skilled site visitors disruptions. “Four people have been detained on suspicion of arson, rioting, attack, and vandalism to public property. Raids are being conducted to find the other protesters”, in line with a south-east division officer. 

The mob initially demanded that the accused, Alok Kumar, be handed over, in line with a distinct officer who was current on the scene through the protests. After the accused was introduced into court docket and remanded in police detention, the variety of protesters elevated. When the police tried to cease them, they took to the streets near Park Circus and commenced attacking them. Six police automobiles, together with two bikes, have been lit ablaze, in line with a senior officer at Lalbazar.

Several police personnel sustained accidents. However, nobody was critically harm, the cop reported. Several hours after the group was made conscious of Alok Kumar’s arrest on Monday morning, violence broke out on the streets near the Bondel flyover. To keep management, the police needed to lathi-charge the demonstrators and discharge tear gasoline canisters. The younger girl’s corpse was found a number of hours after she was reported lacking round midday on Sunday in a gunny bag inside Kumar’s condominium in Kustia’s Shri Dhar Roy street. 

The woman had been sexually assaulted, in line with the police, earlier than she was strangled. Police allegedly didn’t promptly start a seek for the seven-year-old, in line with the demonstrators. After the kid’s corpse was given to her mother and father following the autopsy, protests additionally broke out.