Bengal girl was gang-raped, brutalised, shows autopsy

The 12-year-old schoolgirl, whose body was recovered from a local pond in Baruipur town of Bengal's South 24 Parganas Sunday, was sexually abused, brutalised, packed into a sack and hurled into the waterbody when she was still alive, the autopsy report has indicated.CM Suvendu Adhikari, who is likely to meet the bereaved family on Tuesday, said his govt will seek capital punishment for all the accused in the case.According to police sources, the autopsy report says her private parts bore marks of horrific injuries, including burns, and the back of her head had a blunt injury caused either by a blow or by forcefully hitting it against a hard surface, leading to significant bleeding. The lungs contained muddy water, suggesting she was still breathing when dumped in the pond. The report lists excessive blood loss and suffocation from drowning as the likely causes of death. The time of death is believed to be Saturday night.Based on the autopsy report, police have slapped BNS sections for gangrape, murder, destruction of evidence, criminal conspiracy, and Section 6 of Pocso Act against the three prime suspects.Get the latest India news and live updates. Download the TOI App.