In a heart-wrenching incident, a 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped and killed in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district. The incident occurred in the Krupakhali area adjacent to Mahishamari Haat in Kultali.

Police are investigating whether the child was sexually assaulted before her death, with an FIR registered in the case well after midnight on Friday.

The Calcutta High Court on Sunday ordered that the post-mortem of the schoolgirl be conducted at AIIMS Kalyani on Monday morning in the presence of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) of Baruipur court.

Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said she wants the police to register a Pocso case and file chargesheet in three months so that the guilty is hanged

Protests have erupted in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, following the alleged rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl, news agency ANI reported. Demonstrators took to the streets to express their outrage,

Protests erupted in South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, after a 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered. The BJP criticized the Mamata Banerjee government, claiming women are not safe. One suspect has been detained.

The accused, Mostakin Sardar, said he killed the girl by smothering her after she resisted his attempts to sexually assault her. He admitted to killing the girl out of fear of being caught if she were alive.