On Wednesday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had lambasted the Kolkata Police for not being proactive in investigating the murder of two young boys.
Kolkata: The West Bengal Commission For Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR) Wednesday tool suo motu cognizance of murder of the two minor boys of Kolkata and issued a showcause notice to the officer-in-charge of Baguihati Police Station.
The commission has asked the police officer to reply within 24 hours to the notice.
WBCPCR had directed to all the commissionerates and the Superintendent of Police of each district of West Bengal to send the updates regarding any case of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) 2015, POCSO Act 2012, RTE Act or any other case related to violation of child rights within 24 hours of its registration.
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However, in a statement, the commission said, “…neither any information of these missing children was reported to the Commission nor the information of their death was reported to this office.”
It added, “The Commission conveys its deepest condolences to the bereaved families and will assist them in all respects through the investigation process.”
On Wednesday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had lambasted the Kolkata Police for not being proactive in investigating the murder of two young boys who had gone missing a few days back. The case will now be probed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), even as the state unit of BJP continues to demand a CBI probe.
Two students of Class X — Atanu Dey and Abhishek Naskar — were strangled in a moving car on August 22 and their bodies were dumped in a canal along the Basanti Highway near the city. While the families questioned the delay in finding the boys, the bodies were identified on Tuesday.
What happened on August 22?
As of now, the police have got to know that one of the accused had lent Rs 50,000 to Atanu and although he was the main target, they killed Abhishek too in order to remove evidence.
The group had allegedly kidnapped the two class X students to extort the Rs 50,000 from their parents to buy a motorcycle. However, the police are also looking at other angles too. According to the police, the accused and the deceased had visited a motorcycle showroom before the two were murdered.
While the parents had received ransom messages, no contact could be established with the kidnappers, said the police, adding they moved with caution to avoid any untoward incident. The police also revealed that they had not presumed that the boys had died until one of the arrested accused confessed to the murder.
Meanwhile, a massive outrage has erupted in West Bengal over the dual murder.
