Absconding accused held in Nadia rape case

New Delhi, April 17

The CBI has arrested an absconding accused in connection with alleged gangrape and murder of a minor girl in Nadia district of Bengal.

In an official statement, the CBI said the agency registered the case on April 13 in compliance with the orders of the Calcutta High Court and took over the investigation from the police.

“During the course of the investigation, one of the accused allegedly involved in the incident had been absconding. The CBI arrested him on Saturday. He will be produced before the competent court on Sunday,” it said.

A Class IX student was allegedly raped on April 4 in Hanskhali in West Bengal’s Nadia district during a birthday party at the house of the prime accused, a local TMC leader’s son. She died after the incident.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is reported to have expressed her doubt about the cause of the girl’s death, which her family attributed to rape, and wondered whether the Class IX student died after falling down after being slapped by someone.

Banerjee is also reported to have claimed that the deceased had an affair with the prime accused and wondered if she was pregnant.