Overview

• An eight-year-old who went missing on Friday was found on Saturday morning in a pond near his neighbours’ home in Nischintapur, Nadia, wrapped in tarpaulin.
• A preliminary autopsy reported ligature marks and concluded the child was strangled, with police citing use of a gamcha and placing the likely time of death late Friday.
• Residents accused neighbours Utpal Biswas and Soma Biswas of involvement and attacked them; the couple were declared dead at a hospital, and a relative was critically injured.
• The mob vandalised property and set parts of the accused family’s premises ablaze, with fire services deployed to control the blaze.
• Police registered separate cases for the child’s murder and the lynching, deployed multiple teams, cordoned the area, and reported that probes are ongoing without confirmed arrests.