Bengal: another gangrape after Hanskhali horror; tribal girl targeted in Birbhum, say police

Days after the alleged gangrape and murder of a school girl in West Bengal's Hanskhali, another horrific gangrape has been reported from Santiniketan.

A tribal girl was allegedly gangraped by a group of around 5 men on April 14. The incident occurred when the victim and her friend were returning from a Charak Mela, or fair, at Adityapur in Birbhum district. The assailants allegedly beat up the victim's friend, and then took her to the bank of a river to rape her.

The victim is being treated at the Bolpur Sub-divisional Hospital, as per news agency PTI. The police are trying to take the girl's help in preparing sketches of the accused.

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On April 4, a class 9 student was allegedly gangraped at a birthday party at the house of a TMC leader's son in Hanskhali in Nadia district. She died a few hours after the incident.

The CBI is investigating the case, after the Opposition created uproar over the horrifying crime, and attacked the TMC government led by Mamata Banerjee.