The Bidhannagar City Police have arrested a 22-year-old e-rickshaw driver in connection with the rape and murder of a 13-year-old girl in the Newtown area on the northeastern fringes of Kolkata.

The body of the victim was found on Friday (February 7, 2025) in a desolate place in the New Town area in a plot owned by the West Bengal Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation and since then the police were trying to crack the crime. CCTV footage retrieved from the areas adjoining the scene of crime showed the girl walking alone and was also spotted taking the e-rickshaw (toto) of the accused on February 6 night.


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