Girl calls home, found dead minutes later in Kalna
The Statesman|November 10, 2024
They won't let me live, screamed a Class XII girl over the phone to her mother and within minutes she was found dead, bearing multiple injuries alongside a railway track in Kalna town last night.

The GRP, Kalna retrieved a CCTV grab in which the victim girl was seen walking alone carrying her school bag on her back. The GRP has initiated a murder case based on the complaint of the family and had begun a hunt for the 'unknown' assailants.

The girl's body was shifted to the Burdwan Medical College and Hospital for post-mortem this morning.

Angana Haldar (18), was from Dhatrigram locality, about 7 km from Kalna town and was a daughter of a teacher couple.

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