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Kolkata man gets death for rape-murder of 7-year-old girl

Kolkata man gets death for rape-murder of 7-year-old girl
Kolkata’s Alipore Special POCSO Court on Thursday awarded capital punishment to one accused, who was convicted by the court yesterday in a case of the abduction, rape, and murder of a seven-year-old girl in Kolkata’s Tiljala area in March 2023.

The Alipur Special POCSO Court awarded capital punishment to Alok Kumar Shaw, who was convicted by court yesterday in the case of the abduction, rape, and murder of a 7-year-old girl.

“Mercy to the guilty, is cruelty to the innocent”- Judge mentioned as quoting the famous quote of Adam Smith while pronouncing the punishment.

The court observed that the way a seven year girl was sexually assaulted and killed, it is a “rarest of the rare cases”.

Yesterday, the court convicted the accused. The judgment has been pronounced within a record 1.5 year of the incident.


The victim girl was missing since the morning of March 26, 2023 from her Tiljala residence. After receiving the complaint, Kolkata police had launched an extensive search. Later in the evening, her body was found in a sack inside the kitchen of her neighbor Alok Kumar Shaw’s flat.The accused had allegedly abducted the girl by enticing her with a chocolate. He then brutally murdered her following the sexual assault, sources said.Kolkata Police’s Homicide Section had taken over the investigation. After the completion of the investigation, the charge sheet against the accused was submitted by the Homicide Section of Detective Department on June 16, 2023.



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