Krishnanagar News: The partially burnt and unclothed body of a young woman was discovered near a Durga Puja pandal in Krishnanagar, causing shock and fear among local residents. The spot is located less than 500 metres away from the office of the local superintendent of police in the Ashrampara locality of Krishnanagar. The body was found by morning walkers Wednesday.
Police from the Krishnanagar Kotwali station arrived shortly after being alerted by locals, who reported the sighting of the woman’s body on the road. The authorities have since launched an investigation, with early indications pointing towards foul play.
According to the local residents, the woman might have been murdered elsewhere, and her body was brought to the location and set on fire to destroy evidence.
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The family of the deceased has named her boyfriend as the suspect, accusing him of raping her and then pouring acid on her, before burning her to death. They had reported the woman, an 18-year-old student of Class 12, missing since Thursday evening.
The family members said the crime bore a semblence to the recent RG Kar Medical College rape-murder case that led to large-scale protests and demonstrations by doctors in Kolkata and elsewhere.
Additional Superintendent of Police, Krishnanagar, Sanjay Mit Kumar Makwana, meanwhile, said the young woman was around 20 to 22 years old. Another officer said the body has been sent for a post-mortem examination.
Meanwhile, the PTI report said, the incident led to tension in the area, with members from opposition CPI(M) and Congress parties staging protest in front of the Kotwali police station. Alleging that the woman had been raped and murdered, they demanded that the post-mortem be conducted in the presence of a magistrate.