The 14-and-a-half-year-old victim used to live along with her mother and younger sister in a rented house under Janak ganj police station limits in the district and the accused is the son of the landlord.
During the inquiry, police found that the minor has come to the mall with her grandmother. "While the grandmother went to the washroom, the girl walked inside the shop where the accused allegedly molested her," police said.
The BJP leader has been identified as Rahul Sitlani and he was appointed as the district co-coordinator of the BJP IT cell in November 2022. Now, he has been removed from the IT-cell of the party.
Siwan Superintendent of Police Shailesh Kumar Sinha said, " Accused Mahendra Kumar has been arrested under the POSCO Act. The minor girl has been sent for medical examination. Further investigation is underway".
The girls stayed at their relatives' place for the past three years, and were allegedly raped on several occasions, the victims' parents alleged in a complaint to the police.
The families protested against the incident in front of the press club and shouting slogans, Ali Asghar, the father of the missing girls, told reporters that his two daughters went to school yesterday and could not return home, which was also reported to the police, as per Jasarat.
Calcutta High Court on Thursday sought a detailed report of the investigation conducted by Mekhilygunge police in a case pertaining to alleged rape and murder of a minor girl in Kaliaganj in West Bengal's North Dinajpur district, said an official.
A Congress delegation on Wednesday, met Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose regarding the death of a minor girl in Kaliaganj, and requested him to visit the spot of the incident.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the death of a minor girl in Kaliaganj, and accused the party of carrying out "violence" and "hooliganism".