KOLKATA: The mother of Prabash Mondal, the main accused in the Baruipur rape and murder case, said on Wednesday that she would not accept her son’s body, saying he deserved the punishment for his actions.Speaking to the media, the accused mother said, “Two Policemen had come to my house. I had woken up just then. They told me that my son is dead, so would I like to go to the hospital. I told them that I cannot go as my husband is ailing.”” I told them to go ahead and do whatever they want as I have no objections. My son has been punished for what he did. I won’t accept his body. I won’t bring back his body to our house. He has not done anything good. He did wrong and he has been punished for it,” she added.“Kill him or do whatever you want. I have no objections. I won’t accept his body,” the accused mother further added.Earlier in the day, Prabash Mondal was killed in a police encounter while officers were reconstructing the crime scene in connection with in the Baruipur rape and murder case.According to the police, Mondal allegedly attempted to snatch a firearm from an officer and opened fire at the police team.“While the crime scene was being reconstructed, he attempted to snatch a weapon from the police and open fire at them. In retaliation, the police fired back, striking Prabhas; he was declared dead at the hospital,” the Baruipur SP said. Tortured and thrown into the waterA 12-year-old girl whose body was found in a pond in West Bengal’s Baruipur was sexually assaulted, tortured and thrown into the water while she was still alive, according to a post-mortem report cited by police.The report found injuries to the girl’s genitals, including burn marks, and a blunt-force injury to the back of her head.It also found muddy water in her lungs, which investigators say suggests she was breathing when she was dumped into the pond.Doctors concluded that excessive blood loss and drowning were the likely causes of death. Police believe the girl was killed on Saturday night. The findings have led investigators to add charges of gang rape, murder, criminal conspiracy, destruction of evidence and offences under the POCSO Act against three arrested suspects.A fourth suspect was beaten to death by a mob on SundayPolice say CCTV footage shows one of the accused walking with the girl on Saturday afternoon.Investigators are examining the movements of all the suspects and say they are verifying conflicting accounts of what happened before her death.
