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Charge-sheet sans forensic report in Kamduni rape-murder case

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Press Trust of India Barasat (WB)
The CID today filed charge sheet against six accused in the brutal rape and murder of a college student at Kamduni in North 24 Parganas district.

The 147-page charge-sheet was filed in the court of Ishani Chakraborty, Chief Judicial Magistrate of Barasat, 21 days after the body of the victim was found on June 8.

The charge-sheet was filed without the report of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, during her visit to Kamduni on June 17, had promised that the charge-sheet would be filed within 15 days.

The police would file an additional charge sheet after the forensic report was available.
 

The Kamduni rape and murder had caused a public outcry and even the chief minister had faced angry protests by villagers during her visit to Kamduni.

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First Published: Jun 29 2013 | 7:55 PM IST

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