Overview
- The alleged attack happened on Saturday when a 14-year-old was persuaded to leave home, forced to drink alcohol mixed with an intoxicant inside a car, and taken to a hotel where she was sexually assaulted.
- Her family filed a written complaint after an e-rickshaw driver found the girl abandoned near the Budbud Bypass and informed them, and she is now receiving medical treatment and forensic examination.
- Authorities have detained multiple suspects, including a woman accused of luring the girl and the hotel manager, while police say one suspect remains at large and searches continue.
- Forensic teams have collected samples from the hotel and vehicle and investigators are scanning CCTV as the arrested suspects are to be produced in the Durgapur sub-district court for custody hearings.
- The case has provoked local protests and political pressure with opposition leaders demanding the harshest penalties, raising concern about calls for extra-legal 'encounter' actions as the legal process moves forward.