BJP forms fact-finding committee to look into Hanskhali rape case

On Wednesday BJP president J P Nadda formed a five-member fact-finding committee of the party to look into the Hanskhali rape case. The committee will visit the site of the alleged rape and murder of a minor girl in Nadia in West Bengal to enquire into the incident.

The party said the members of the fact-finding committee are the party’s vice president and MP Rekha Verma, Uttar Pradesh government minister Baby Rani Maurya, Tamil Nadu MLA and BJP’s National President Mahila Morcha Vanathi Srinivasan, Kushbu Sunder, and West Bengal MLA Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury.

The son of a Trinamool Congress gram panchayat member was arrested for the alleged rape of a minor that led to her death. The incident took place in Hanskhali of Nadia. Allegedly, the minor girl was raped by the son of a TMC leader.

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday granted permission to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the Hanskhali rape case.