A case has also been registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, police said.
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A four-year-old girl was allegedly abducted from a railway shed and sexually assaulted at Tarakeshwar in West Bengal’s Hooghly district, officials said on Sunday (November 9, 2025).
The incident took place on Saturday (November 8, 2025) when the child was asleep beside her grandmother at the railway shed, they said.
The minor was found with injury marks in the area on Saturday (November 8, 2025) afternoon, an official said.
The girl was initially taken to a local hospital and later referred to the Chandannagar sub-divisional hospital, he said.
A police officer said one person has been detained in connection with the incident and is being interrogated.
A case has also been registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he said.
Local Trinamool Congress MLA Ramendu Singha Roy told PTI, “It is a shocking incident, but it took place in an area under the jurisdiction of the Railways. There should be more security measures and surveillance on the part of the railway police. We stand with the girl’s family, and the police have started a probe.”
National Commission for Women member Archana Majumdar said it has taken suo motu cognisance of the incident, but “we will examine the legal parameters, as it also comes under the jurisdiction of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights. If permitted, I will visit the family in a day or two.”
Meanwhile, Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari alleged that the Tarakeshwar police were initially reluctant to register a first information report (FIR) over the incident.
In a post on X, Mr. Adhikari accused the police of “burying the crime” to shield the State’s “fake law and order image by suppressing the truth”.
“Mamata Banerjee, you are a Failed Chief Minister. Under your rule, West Bengal’s law & order has hit ROCK BOTTOM,” he alleged in the post.
BJP activists also staged a protest demonstration outside the Tarakeshwar police station, demanding stringent punishment for the perpetrators.
Published – November 09, 2025 09:11 pm IST
