Overview
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced a committee to pursue a Uniform Civil Code in West Bengal and said the state government is moving to implement BJP election promises on citizenship and crime.
- West Bengal police have arrested three suspects in the alleged rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in Baruipur, with officers naming Anand Sardar as a key accused.
- The victim’s body was found stuffed in a sack in Surjyapur Haat, which sparked local protests that included road blockades, burning tyres and damage to police vehicles.
- Hours after the body was recovered, an angry mob beat a man to death on suspicion of involvement, and authorities imposed Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita in multiple local areas to restore order.
- The National Commission for Women has taken suo motu cognisance and demanded a seven-day action taken report, and political leaders have mobilised protests that underscore the case’s wider impact on citizenship and public-order politics.