Kolkata, 09 November (H.S.) : Following the death of Dilip Roy, the prime accused in the rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in Raiganj, in a police encounter, his mother has categorically refused to claim his body or perform his last rites. Dilip was killed in retaliatory police firing late Sunday night while attempting to flee to neighboring Bihar. Expressing profound shame over her son's horrific actions, his mother, Chaniya Roy, stated that it is better not to have such a sinful son and that she would not even visit the crematorium.

Chaniya Roy rushed to the hospital in a state of panic on Sunday night after receiving information from the police. However, upon learning the gruesome details of her son's crime from neighbors, she was left completely shattered. The gravity of his heinous act overshadowed the grief of losing her only child. With a heavy heart, she remarked that her son had committed such an unforgivable sin that the family could no longer show their faces in the village. She added that his death was a welcome relief and exactly what she had wished for. She further revealed that Dilip had left home during his childhood and never bothered to look after his aging parents.

A deafening silence has gripped the entire village, with residents expressing deep embarrassment over Dilip's actions.

According to the villagers, this was not his first transgression. Around 16 years ago, he was accused of sexually assaulting a six-year-old relative. At that time, the villagers had severely thrashed him, and his mother was forced to sell a small plot of land to pay compensation to the victim's family. Echoing a collective sentiment, the villagers stated that there is no forgiveness for such a monstrous crime and that the police action was the absolute right punishment.

The tragic chain of events began last Tuesday when Dilip lured a 12-year-old neighborhood girl out of her house on the pretext of showing her the Kulik river. The minor had been missing since then. On Thursday, her lifeless body was recovered from the protected forest area in Abdulghata. Dilip allegedly raped and murdered the minor inside the dense forest.

He had been absconding since the incident came to light. According to police sources, Dilip, who originally hailed from Jharkhand, had hatched a plan to escape to Tarapur in Bihar via the border route of Padarpukur. Acting on a tip-off, a police team cornered him near the Padarpukur dam under the Gauri Panchayat area in Raiganj at around 2 AM on Sunday. Finding himself trapped, the accused opened fire at the police personnel, even shooting at the tires of the police vehicle to stop them from advancing. In the ensuing exchange, Dilip was killed on the spot as the police fired back in self-defense.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Satya Prakash Singh