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Kolkata. A TMC worker has been detained for allegedly molesting a minor girl in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali area, police confirmed. The girl's mother has filed a police complaint.
According to the complaint, the accused somehow entered their house on Friday night and molested the minor. The eighth class student managed to escape and started shouting for family members and neighbours to come for help, police said, citing the complaint lodged.
waiting for medical examination report
An official from the Basirhat police district said the accused, around 20 years old, was being questioned. He said the girl has undergone a medical examination and her report was awaited.
The riverine Sandeshkhali area, bordering the Sundarbans, about 100 km from Kolkata, had been boiling with protests in February over allegations of sexual exploitation and land grabbing against now-arrested TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh and his supporters.
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