Overview
- Police say a POCSO case is registered after a reported assault inside the closed Hindmotor factory in Uttarpara.
- Two suspects are in custody, including adult accused Dipankar Adhikari and a minor described as the girl’s alleged boyfriend.
- Investigators have recorded statements, scheduled a Test Identification parade for Saturday, and are searching for at least two additional suspects.
- The victim underwent a medical examination, the adult accused was produced before the Serampore court, and the minor is to be handled by the Juvenile Justice Board.
- Reports differ on the girl’s exact age and police are probing accounts that other men filmed and blackmailed her, which remain under investigation.