BJP national secretary Rahul Sinha called autopsy report a “cover-up” (File)
New Delhi:
The death of a teenage girl that sparked violence in parts of North Bengal was caused by poisoning, and there was no sign of sexual or physical assault, police said on Monday, citing their post report. -mortem.
The BJP, however, called the autopsy report of the 17-year-old girl, who was the sister of a BJP activist, “cover up” and reiterated its call for an impartial investigation into the incident. The TMC decision accused the BJP of trying to “make a problem out of a non-problem”.
A delegation from the BJP Bengal leadership, which included Union Minister Debasree Chaudhuri, met with Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi and briefed him on the situation.
“We met Amit Shah Ji and briefed him on the situation in Chopra,” Chaudhuri told PTI in New Delhi.
BJP Mahila Morcha held a protest rally in Kolkata during the day over the teenager’s death on Sunday, but he was arrested by police early.
“No signs of external injury seen. Effects of poison. However, final opinion is reserved pending receipt of chemical examiners’ report,” the post-mortem report reads.
He also said there were no marks of injury on the body, nor any signs of sexual or physical assault. Autopsy videography was taken, police said.
Alleging the rape and murder of the young girl, a mob raged on Sunday in the North Dinajpur district, torching several police vehicles and government buses on National Road 31 in the Chopra region near Siliguri.
The young girl, who had left her house in the village of Sonapur on Sunday morning to relieve herself, was found dead a few hours later. The villagers alleged that she was raped before she was murdered.
Meanwhile, the corpse of a youngster was found in a pond in the same region of Chopra on Monday morning. Police are investigating whether the two deaths are related in any way.
Police also said they have so far arrested 16 people for their alleged involvement in the Sunday violence.
The incident sparked the latest confrontation between the TMC and the BJP, with the party claiming the girl was murdered because she was the sister of a BJP activist.
BJP State Vice Chairman Raju Banerjee said: “TMC morons murdered the girl because she is the sister of a BJP activist. Police are trying to spread the rape and murder for a suicide. “
He also said that a BJP delegation arrived in Chopra this morning, but was denied permission to hold a rally with the girl’s body in the area.
BJP national secretary Rahul Sinha called the autopsy report a “cover-up” exercise to “protect” those responsible.
The TMC called the allegations unfounded.
TMC leader and minister Goutam Deb said: “The BJP is trying to fish in murky waters and trying to make a problem with a non-problem.”
“An incident has occurred; the police are investigating the case. But the BJP does not have the patience to wait for its conclusion. The BJP is disrupting the peace in the region,” Deb said.
Members of the RSS-affiliated ABVP and the left-backed Indian Youth Democratic Federation (DYFI) also demonstrated in Dhupguri area, Jalpaiguri district, over the incident. , which created tensions.
The area remained tense for the second day in a row on Monday, even as a massive police contingent was deployed to keep the peace.
The BJP Mahila Morcha rally led by the chairman of its state unit Agnimitra Paul, which was to be held from Gariahat to Deshapriya Park in southern Kolkata, was stopped by police early.
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