Kolkata, Dec 18: A teenage girl was today raped and burnt in the areas earmarked for the Tata project in Singur in Hoogly district raising political claims of every hue and colour.

Hoogly Police Superintendent Suprotim Sarkar told UNI, "The girl has been raped elsewhere and huis body was brought and burnt here to hide the evidence." "We have found this upon initial investigation. But as of now there is no political angle to it," he added.

Meanwhile, Chief minsiter Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee condemned the incident and order a CID inquiry into it.

One Tapashi Mallik, aged 18, was burnt alive in the land earmarked for the Tata project. The villagers alleged that she had gone to the field for completing her nature's call when she was raped and then burnt alive.

The villagers claimed Tapashi, a resident of Bajeberia areas of Gopalnagar in Singur, was an active member of "Krishi Jami Raksha Committee".

Meanwhile, Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee, who entered the 16th day of her fast today, cancelled her sit-in-demonstration and other activities today and said 'silence' was her protest today.

She also called for a 48-hour bandh protesting the CPI(M) 'goondaraj' and exhorted that she would fight to the end on this.


UNI

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