Minor Girl Sleeping Next To Grandmother Abducted From Railway Shed, Raped Near Kolkata

Last Updated:November 09, 2025, 08:12 IST

The four-year-old girl, belonging to the Banjara community, was found in a pool of blood near a drain and is hospitalised in a critical condition at Tarakeswar

A case was registered under the POCSO Act but the opposition BJP alleged that the police initially hesitated to file an FIR. (Image: @SuvenduWB/X)

A four-year-old girl is critical after she was allegedly abducted from a railway shed, sexually abused, and left in a bloody state near a drain in Hooghly near Kolkata.

The girl, belonging to the Banjara community, was sleeping next to her grandmother when she was picked up on the night of November 7.  She is undergoing treatment at a hospital in Tarakeswar.

According to a report by NDTV, the girl was sleeping on a cot under a mosquito net at a railway shed in Tarakeswar when the perpetrator cut through the cloth and took her. Her grandmother said she realised she was missing around 4 am.

“She was sleeping with me. Around 4 am, someone took her away. I didn’t even realise when she was taken. I don’t know who the people were who took her away. They cut the mosquito net and took her away," the grandmother told NDTV.

The report said the child was found naked in a pool of blood near the Tarakeswar railway high drain the next afternoon (November 8) and was rushed to a hospital.

Her grandmother brought attention to their vulnerable living situation. “We live on the streets because they have demolished our houses. Where do we go? We don’t have any homes," she was quoted.

An FIR was registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. But the ruling Trinamool Congress drew sharp criticism from the opposition BJP, which alleged that there was a delay in filing the FIR as the police initially hesitated to do so.

Leader of the opposition in West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari alleged that the police were trying to suppress the facts in the case. Calling Mamata Banerjee a “failed chief minister", he claimed there is a “fake law and order image" in her “free-for-all regime".

“A 4-year old girl child has been Raped in Tarkeshwar. Family rushes to Police Station, but FIR not registered ! Taken to the Hospital – referred to Chandannagar. Tarkeshwar Police busy burying the Crime. This is the True Face of Mamata Banerjee’s free-for-all regime. A child’s life is shattered, yet the Police are shielding the State’s Fake Law & Order Image, by suppressing the truth. Are they Police Officers or Mamata Banerjee’s sycophants? Seems like Tarkeshwar Police have forgotten their Oath to uphold the Law. Mamata Banerjee, you are a Failed Chief Minister. Under your rule, West Bengal’s law & order has hit ROCK BOTTOM. Same script every time: Rape → No/delayed FIR → Hospital referral → Media blackout → TMC leaders cover-up! Mamata Banerjee, how many more lives of innocent daughters must be sacrificed/destroyed for your political survival?" Adhikari wrote in a post on X.

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