Bengal: Rape-murder accused killed in gunfight with police in Raiganj
This was the fourth such incident since the Bharatiya Janata Party came to power in the state in May.
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A man accused of raping and murdering a minor girl in West Bengal’s Raiganj was shot dead in an alleged gunfight with the police on Monday, The Hindu reported.
The police alleged that the man, Dilip Roy, was attempting to flee to Bihar when he was killed at around 3.30 am.
This is the fourth such death in a gunfight in the state since the Bharatiya Janata Party government came to power in May, the newspaper reported.
Roy opened fire at the officers when they approached him, prompting retaliatory firing, the police alleged. He was taken to hospital, where he was declared dead. His body was sent for an autopsy.
The police had been searching for Roy since the body of the 13-year-old girl was recovered from the Kulik Wildlife Sanctuary on Thursday.
The girl had gone missing on November 3, after leaving home on a bicycle, ABP Bangla quoted her family as saying. Her parents later filed a complaint alleging rape and murder.
Reacting to the incident, state minister Dilip Ghosh said that the “police have a duty to act if accused individuals attempt to evade the law” or escape.
“Such crimes will not be spared,” The Hindu quoted Ghosh as saying. “If everyone follows the law and order, nothing will happen.”
On October 28, Prahlad Das, accused of raping and murdering a minor...
