Youth sentenced to life imprisonment for rape and murder of minor girl in New Town

On Wednesday, August 27, 2025, a court in Barasat of West Bengal was sentenced to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of a small girl.

The crime took place on February 6, 2025, when the Class VIII student left his home after a discussion with family members.

Soumitra Roy, the e-Çekçek driver, who promised to take the victim home, took him to a distant place in the Lohapool area of ​​Kolkata’s new town, and killed him and raped him. The body of the 13 -year -old girl was found on a plot of finance corporal development on February 7.

The 22-year-old E-Rickshaw driver was arrested by Bidhangar City police on February 8, and was reserved in accordance with the provisions of the POCSO law. The state lawyer said that various evidence, including medical reports, digital, technical and biological evidence, proved that Soumitra Roy’s participation in rape and murder in court. He was said to have resided in Nadia and lived in the Adarsh ​​Nagar region near New Town.

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Barasat Special Pocso Court held the youth guilty on August 25th. On Wednesday, the court fined the conviction 1.5 lakh. RG Kar Medical College and Hospital after the rape and murder of a doctor in front of months in front of the crime, asked questions about the security of women in the state.

The courts in the Western Bengal sentenced prisoners to prisoners in a case of more than half dozen sexual assault and women’s killing. On January 20, a court in Sealdah sentenced Sanjay Roy, who was convicted of rape and killing at RG Kar MCH on 9 August 2024.