Overview
- A 12-year-old girl reported missing on Saturday was found dead in a pond on Sunday, with locals saying her body was stuffed in a sack near Surjyapur in Baruipur.
- Preliminary post-mortem findings cited injuries to her private parts, head trauma, bite and scratch marks, and water in the lungs, prompting police to add gang‑rape and murder charges.
- An enraged crowd beat a man suspected of involvement to death and launched road and rail blockades, burning tyres and attacking police and central forces during the unrest.
- Authorities formed a six‑member Special Investigation Team, registered multiple FIRs for the rape‑murder, lynching and attacks on security, arrested three suspects and detained a local BJP functionary accused of aiding an escape.
- Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has vowed the harshest punishment while opposition leaders accuse the state of restricting access to the bereaved family and question police conduct, raising risks to public order and the probe's credibility.