Bengal teen 'raped' at birthday bash, dies: TMC leader's son held

A teenage girl died after she attended the birthday party of a Trinamool Congress leader’s son in West Bengal’s Hanskhali. Levelling gang-rape charges, the 14-year-old’s family claimed that she went to the residence of the accused, Brajagopal, to attend his birthday party but returned home in an ailing condition.

The girl’s mother said that her daughter was bleeding profusely and had severe abdominal pain but before she could take her to hospital, she died. The family also alleged that a group of people forcibly took the minor’s body for cremation even before her death certificate was issued.

The prime accused, Brajagopal, who was first detained and then arrested, has been slapped with POCSO charges, apart from rape, murder and suppression of evidence. Police said his family is absconding.

Stating that there should be no politics over the case, Bengal’s Minister of Women and Child Development, Sashi Panja, said the ruling party has zero tolerance for abuse of minors and women and justice will prevail.

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