The body of a 10-year-old girl was found in a marshy land in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Saturday, triggering arson by locals at a police outpost there.
Villagers alleged that the minor, who was missing since Friday evening, was raped and murdered, and the police did not act on their complaint immediately.
As the body of the girl was recovered by locals in Jaynagar area early this morning, a mob torched the Mahismari police outpost and pelted the policemen with stones.
They also vandalised several vehicles parked outside the outpost and the policemen were forced to leave the premises, a senior officer said.
A huge police force was sent to the area and tear gas shells were fired to quell the mob which tried to confine the SDPO and other senior personnel at the spot.
“The family members of the girl lodged an FIR at the Mahismari outpost in the area but the police did not act on the complaint immediately,” a local claimed.