3 min readKolkataJul 12, 2026 03:23 PM IST
First published on: Jul 12, 2026 at 03:23 PM IST
The police arrested two more people on Saturday in connection with the incident in which a mob lynched a man after a minor girl’s body was found in a pond at Baruipur in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district last week.
The police have so far arrested seven people over the death of Indrajit Mondal, 35, who was lynched over the suspicion that he was involved in the rape and murder of the Class 6 girl. The police said he was innocent.
According to sources, the police zeroed in on the suspects after examining multiple videos related to the incident. Shamim Ali Khan, one of the last two people arrested, was allegedly seen in a video dragging an injured Mondal, whose hands were also tied.
According to the police, Shamim Ali Khan was arrested from the Duttabadh area, where he was hiding.
The other arrested suspects are Farooq Sardar, Rajesh Sardar, Shariful Mallick, Sabiuddin Vaidya, Farid Sheikh, and Abu Siddique Sardar.
The police said they would produce the two new suspects in the district court on Sunday. The case has been registered on charges including unlawful assembly, rioting, obstructing a public servant’s work, and murder by lynching.
The police have arrested four people over the girl’s rape and murder and killed one of them, Prabash Mondal, in an alleged encounter, which the Criminal Investigation Department is now inquiring into.
Additionally, 33 people have been arrested in connection with the vandalism of government property and violence that followed the discovery of the girl’s body on the morning of July 5. The locals also blocked a road and a railway line.
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari visited Indrajit Mondal’s home on Saturday. The government has given his family Rs 25 lakh and a civic volunteer job to his brother as compensation.
The local administration also enrolled Mondal’s parents in the government’s social welfare schemes. Their house, which the mob had ransacked, was repaired.
New police outpost on parents’ request
Adhikari inaugurated a police outpost at Surjapur on Saturday following a request from the girl’s parents. He alleged that people rejected in the recent Assembly elections were behind the lynching.
“Radicals and ultra-left could also be behind this. Police have arrested all those involved. One person was picked up from Digha, another from Bakkhali. His killers will be punished,” Adhikari said.
A crowd protests outside the Baruipur police station against the rape and murder of the 11-year-old girl. (Express Photo) 
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