Overview

• Arabindu Mondal and his minor son were arrested on Sunday in Haroa after a written complaint led police to register a POCSO FIR.
• Basirhat sub-divisional court remanded Mondal to five days of police custody, while his son was sent to a juvenile offenders' home.
• Investigators seized phones, cameras and other devices from Mondal as part of the ongoing probe.
• The girl, a Class 9 student, disclosed the alleged abuse to her family on Friday, with her father identified as a Kolkata Police constable.
• Police say the duo offered social-media reels, secretly filmed the girl while she was changing and used those visuals for blackmail, with one officer alleging the son applied vermillion to suggest marriage before an assault.