Baruipur case: Calcutta High Court seeks police report on circumstances that led to accused’s encounter

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The Calcutta High Court on Thursday sought a detailed report from the District Superintendent of Police (DSP) Baruipur on the encounter of Prabhash Mondal, one of the accused in the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in Baruipur earlier this month. Senior Advocate Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, representing the petitioner submitted, “The police had taken the accused, Mondal, to the crime scene in order to reconstruct the incident after his arrest. Representing the state government, Additional Advocate General Rajdeep Majumdar submitted, “The prime accused was taken to the crime scene on the night of July 7 for reconstruction. According to the police, Mondal had been taken to the spot where the body of the girl was allegedly recovered. It was then that another officer Arghya Mondal fired back at Mondal as they were unable to catch him.