Violent protests erupt after rape and murder of girl in India
Dozens were arrested after protests over an 11-year-old's rape and murder turned violent in West Bengal, where one innocent man was lynched and a suspect's body went unclaimed.
Indian police arrested dozens of people after violent protests over the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in West Bengal pushed the case beyond a murder inquiry and into a public-order crisis. The girl's body was found in a pond after she went missing in Baruipur, a town in South 24 Parganas about 20 miles from Kolkata.
Police said one innocent person was lynched by angry crowds during the unrest. The violence followed mounting fury over the killing, and the mother of a rape suspect who was fatally shot by police refused to claim his body, a detail that showed how sharply emotions had escalated around the investigation.
Local investigating police later said the girl left home on a Saturday evening for a friend's birthday party, was kidnapped, raped, bundled into a sack and thrown into a pond while still alive. The case has since been tied to broader outrage over sexual violence in India, adding to pressure on investigators handling one of the most disturbing crimes in the state this year.
The unrest spread well beyond Baruipur. Protest rallies were held in Kolkata, including demonstrations on July 8 by supporters of Trinamool Chhatra Parishad and Trinamool Youth Congress, while CNN said the case sparked widespread unrest in eastern India. With arrests mounting and crowds still angry over the killing, the murder investigation became a test of whether West Bengal police could keep order while pursuing the case.
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