An 11-year-old Muslim girl from Baruipur in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district was allegedly r*ped and murdered. Her body was recovered from a pond on Sunday morning after she went missing on Saturday evening.

The police have arrested Shantanu Mandal, identified in reports as a local BJP worker, and another person in connection with the crime. The family has alleged that the girl was gang-r*ped before being killed.

In a separate development, a mob reportedly attacked and killed another suspect, Indrajit Tanti, either during custody or while being moved by the police. Authorities are continuing to search for the remaining accused.

The local police have confirmed the arrests and are investigating the case.

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A 23-year-old Rapido bike taxi driver from Delhi’s Uttam Nagar was beaten to death by three men over an unpaid loan balance of ₹8,000, police said, in an incident that took place on June 26. The victim, Mohammed Uzaib, had borrowed ₹50,000 from one of the accused to meet expenses related to his wife’s delivery and had repaid ₹42,000 of the amount before the assault.

The three accused have been identified as Sandeep, Lalit, and Mohit.

According to police, the three men abducted Uzaib and took him to an isolated location in Najafgarh, where they assaulted him for approximately eight hours. He was beaten with sticks, stabbed with a sharp object, and sustained injuries to his internal organs. His body was later dumped outside his family’s home in Uttam Nagar. His family took him to a hospital, where he died from his injuries.

Police said the accused had visited Uzaib’s home 15 days before the attack, in his absence, and had threatened to “break all his bones” if the remaining amount was not repaid. Uzaib had been the sole breadwinner of his family following the death of his father.

His mother, Rabiya, recounted the attack in distress. “Those evil people beat him so badly. He must have screamed ‘Mummy, Mummy’ all night in pain. I could not save my child,” she said, adding that she had never so much as raised her hand against her son.

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A Muslim hawker, identified as Akbar Mondal, was allegedly hacked to death with an axe inside a house in Supurdihi village in Purulia district on June 9. His family has linked the killing to a climate of anti-Muslim hatred that they say has grown in Bengal in recent times, claiming hawkers like him have faced harassment for their religious identity. Police arrested the accused, Biswanath Mahato, and confirmed the murder took place inside his house, but said there is currently no evidence pointing to communal motives, suggesting it may have stemmed from a personal dispute. Villagers in Mondal's home village of Punisol said they now work in constant fear, recalling an earlier incident where another hawker was attacked for refusing to chant religious slogans. The family has demanded a thorough investigation and exemplary punishment for those responsible.

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A 53-year-old Muslim man died after being sent to jail in connection with an alleged passport fraud case in Bihar's Gopalganj district. According to the family, the deceased, Irshad Alam, was met with torture, extortion, and medical negligence by police and jail authorities while being behind bars.

The deceased, a resident of Balha village, which lies under the Barauli police station limits, was arrested by the authorities allegedly for obtaining two passports with incorrect dates of birth. Following this, he was taken into custody on June 2 and sent to Gopalganj district jail two days later on June 4. However, later, he lost his life.

"On June 2, the SHO Alka Sinha called Irshad for passport verification and asked him, 'Are you not afraid?' My brother replied, 'Why should I be afraid? I am neither a thief nor a criminal.' The SHO then said, 'I will teach you a lesson. You have obtained your passport by changing your name...'" Irshad's brother, Parvez, told FoEJ Media.

According to Parvez, Irshad was repeatedly labelled a 'terrorist' by police officials during his detention.

"They kept calling my brother, Irshad, a terrorist," Parvez told FoEJ Media.

Soon after Irshad was called by authorities, his family called the police station at 2 pm on June 2 and reached the spot along with the head of the village.

"When we reached there, we were first told that they would release my brother only if we paid ₹5 lakh. We explained that we were very poor, and after that, they agreed to reduce the demand to ₹1 lakh." Parvez told FoEJ Media.

"Then we stayed there until night, but the SHO never came," he added.

Following the visit, the family the next day reached the station yet came back home without Irshad.

However, on 9th June, Irshad's family receives a phone call, revealing that his condition is serious and he has been sent to the hospital.

"On the night of the 9th, we received a call from the jail informing us that Irshad's condition had become very serious and that he had been shifted to a hospital. They said he was suffering from severe anxiety." Parvez told FoEJ Media