17-yr-old girl’s body found in jute field

Express News Service Posted: Jun 24, 2008 at 0340 hrs
Kolkata, June 23 The body of a 17-year-old girl was found in a jute field at Janipur village, North 24-Parganas, late on Sunday night. The girl’s father has claimed that she was raped and murdered.

According to locals, there were scars on the body and a cloth was tied around the girl’s neck, indicating that she was probably strangled. The victim had gone missing on Sunday evening.

“She had gone to the fields for work. Later in the night, she was found dead in a nearby field,” the girl’s father said. In a complaint lodged with the Gopalnagar police station, the victim’s family has not named any suspect.

According to officer-in-charge of the Gopalnagar police station, Nand Dulal Ghosh, police have initiated an investigation and have detained two persons. “The body has been sent for postmortem and the police are waiting for the report,” said Ghosh.