Overview

• The girl's decomposed, dismembered remains were recovered Tuesday night from a sack near a waterbody at Kalidanga in Birbhum district.
• Police arrested physics teacher Manoj Kumar Pal after the family accused him of harassment, kidnapping and murder.
• A Rampurhat court ordered nine days of police custody as investigators probe the motive and whether others were involved.
• Autopsy and forensic examinations are underway to determine the cause of death and if the victim was sexually assaulted.
• Parents and locals protested at the school after the arrest, alleging earlier complaints were ignored, and police intervened after the headmaster was assaulted.