পশ্চিমবঙ্গে ফের পুলিশি এনকাউন্টার এবার মৃত্যু ধর্ষণ-খুনে অভিযুক্তের

Police in West Bengal shot dead Prahlad Das, 23, the prime accused in the rape and murder of a Class 11 girl, in an encounter in Gaighata, North 24 Parganas, early on Tuesday, 27 October 2026, according to The Hindu. Police sources said Das snatched a police gun during a crime-scene reconstruction, fired at officers and jumped into a pond; officers opened fire in self-defence. He was taken to a local hospital and declared dead. The girl's body, found behind a neighbour's house on Sunday, was said by her family to show she was raped and killed. Das had been arrested that day and sent to 10 days' police custody; a Special Investigation Team was formed. Locals protested, and excess force was deployed. Trinamool Congress criticised the government over women's safety, while State Minister Agnimitra Paul said no one involved would be spared. The Hindu notes it was the second such encounter in four months, following a July Baruipur incident.

Where accounts differ. Manab Zamin reports the family's rape-and-murder claim and says police have not yet commented on the encounter, whereas The Hindu reports the police account and Minister Paul's statement; Manab Zamin also links the cases to Uttar Pradesh, which The Hindu does not.

Manab ZaminThe Hindu

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