New Delhi. West Bengal Police has killed the accused of rape and murder of a minor girl in an encounter. After committing the incident, the accused Dilip Roy had absconded and the police were continuously conducting raids in search of him. The accused appeared to be the girl's uncle. Police had received information about his hiding in Parapukur village of Raiganj. When the police reached there to arrest him, they opened fire on the accused after seeing the police. In response, the police also opened fire in which the accused was injured. After this, he was taken to the hospital in injured condition where he died.
According to the information, a 12-year-old minor girl had gone missing from home on November 3 to ride a bicycle. After a lot of search, his body was found in the forest near Kulik River on 5 November. The family members alleged that the girl was murdered after rape. After this the police registered the case and started investigation. According to the police, accused Dilip Roy coaxed the girl and took her to the forest on the pretext of showing her the river. There he first raped the girl and then brutally murdered her.
Accused Dilip was originally from Jharkhand and was trying to escape from West Bengal. Many police teams were busy searching for the accused. It is noteworthy that this is the fourth case of death of an accused in a police encounter after the formation of BJP government in West Bengal. Minister of State Shankar Ghosh said that there were many incidents against women in the previous government but the government remained silent. Now the BJP government is taking strict action against those who commit crimes against women.