Social worker raped, killed

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Social worker raped, killed

The Telegraph 3 March 2002

Burdwan, March 2: A 25-year-old employee of the Integrated Child Development

Scheme under the social welfare department was allegedly gangraped and murdered

yesterday at Paschim Kharampur in the Manteswar police station area on her way

home from work.

Police have started a case but no one has been arrested so far.

Villagers gheraoed sub-divisional police officer, Kalna, Shankar Chakraborty,

when he went to Paschim Kharampur to investigate the incident. They were

protesting against " police inaction " .

The gherao was lifted only when Chakraborty promised that sniffer dogs would be

requisitioned from Burdwan town and pressed into service.

He also said raids are being conducted in the neighbouring districts to find the

culprits.

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