Police kill Dilip Roy, accused in the rape-murder of a 12-year-old girl, during an encounter near the West Bengal-Bihar border in Raiganj/Uttar Dinajpur area. Multiple outlets say police had been searching for him for about four days after the girl’s partially decomposed body was recovered from a forest near the Kulik river. The girl had been missing after leaving home on a bicycle and her body was found two days later.
Reports describe police tracking Roy and attempting to arrest him around 3am as he tried to cross toward Bihar. According to police statements as relayed by the outlets, Roy opens fire on the police team and officers retaliate in self-defence, after which Roy is taken to Raiganj Medical College and Hospital and pronounced dead. West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari defends the police action and says personnel were instructed to respond decisively in serious offences.
Across coverage, the main differences are emphasis: some outlets lead with the encounter framing and Roy’s death, while others also foreground the case details and the fact that this is the fourth encounter reported since BJP came to power in West Bengal in May.
