Overview
- The child was taken from a cot under a mosquito net near Tarakeshwar railway sheds overnight and found naked and bleeding by a drain the next afternoon, and she remains in critical condition.
- An FIR under the POCSO Act has been registered, a five-member Special Investigation Team is in charge, and forensic teams have gathered samples and CCTV footage after cordoning the area.
- Hooghly Rural Police arrested the girl’s grandfather as the prime accused, citing contradictions in his statements and an alleged confession, and he is in seven days’ police custody.
- Authorities notified the Child Welfare Committee, ordered detailed medical and medico-legal examinations, and sought heightened security from Railway Police for the locality.
- The family, from the nomadic Banjara community living near the station after demolitions, alleged initial hospital and police mishandling as opposition leaders mounted protests.