Iebrief: Maoist leader involved in Sankrail kidnapping held

Minor raped while returning from school

Burdwan: A minor girl was allegedly raped by a youth while she was returning from school in Islampur area of Burdwan district on Thursday. After being allegedly raped,the girl,a student of Class VI,returned to her school and fainted after reaching the headmaster’s room. On regaining consciousness,she told the school staff that she was raped by a young man whom she couldn’t recognise,police said. A complaint has been lodged in this regard while the girl has been sent to Katwa hospital for medical check-up.

Tah murder case: HC grants bail to two

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday granted bail to Tapash Samanta and Nabakumar Roy,the two accused in the killing of former CPM MLA Pratip Tah in Burdwan in February. Tah was killed in a mob attack and police later arrested 11 persons,including Samanta and Roy. The CID,which is probing the case,has already filed a chargesheet in the case.

TMC to decide on V-P poll on Aug 6

Kolkata: A meeting of the Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party has been convened in New Delhi on August 6 to finalise party’s stand on the vice-presidential election slated for the day after. “We will take a final call on the vice-presidential election at the instance of chairperson Mamata Banerjee,” said newly-appointed Chief Whip of party in the Rajya Sabha Derek O’Brien.

‘Child trafficking rampant in N Bengal’

Kolkata: With a number of tea gardens in Jalpaiguri closed or reported to be sick,hundreds of children whose parents worked there,are being trafficked each year,a report said. Highlighting the vulnerability of children living near the defunct tea gardens of Dooars,the joint study was done by UNICEF,Save the Children and Burdwan University.