Woman’s half-burnt body found in South Dinajpur: Three held in gang rape, murder case

Kumaraganj, 07th January: Police arrested three men for alleged gang rape and murder of a minor in South Dinajpur. The police arrested the accused at around 2 pm on Tuesday. Marhaba Mian (20) has been labeled as the mastermind of the entire incident. He was allegedly in a love affair with the deceased.
It is to recall that on Monday morning, a half-burnt body of a woman under an enclosed culvert, in a vacant field of Safanagar under Kumarganj police station, was recovered. Locals speculated that the woman was burnt after being raped.
As per the allegation, yesterday, Marhaba Mian along with two of his friends went to the deserted ground in the Kumarganj area and gang-raped the victim. After she collapsed, the accused slashed her internal jugular vein and her stomach with a sharp weapon. The men then set the victim’s body on fire with the help of oil from their motorcycle and threw the flaming body under the culvert.
Condemning the incident, students staged a protest in front of the District’s Fulbari High School. A large police force was also deployed on the spot to avoid any untoward incident.
Additional SP of South Dinajpur district later assured the 3 accused had been arrested and justice will definitely be served to the victim.
Meanwhile, BJP MP of Balurghat No. 6, Sukanta Majumdar of Lok Sabha reached the spot and spoke to the students. The Minister also reached the victim’s house and spoke to the mother of the deceased.