Bengal: E-rickshaw driver sentenced to life in jail for rape-murder of girl
Barasat (PTI): A POCSO court here on Wednesday sentenced an e-rickshaw driver to life imprisonment for the rape-murder of a girl who had hired his three-wheeler in Rajarhat New Town area near Kolkata.
The girl had left her house in a huff following a quarrel with her mother on February 6 evening and had later hired the e-rickshaw of Soumitra Roy at Jagatpur area to go back home at Gauranga Nagar, which is in the periphery of New Town in North 24 Parganas district.
The POCSO court at Barasat sentenced Roy to imprisonment till the end of his natural life.
The judge had on Monday declared Roy guilty under sections 103(1) (murder) and 65 (1) (committing rape on a girl under 16 years of age) under BNS.
Police arrested Roy on February 9, the prosecution lawyer said.
The prosecution proved the case against Roy on the basis of CCTV footage and other forensic reports during the trial, which was completed within seven months of the crime.
The incident had led to widespread protests, with the opposition parties questioning the law and order situation in West Bengal.
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Mizoram class 12 results out, pass percentage at 87.67
Aizawl (PTI): Mizoram recorded a pass percentage of 87.67 in the class 12 board examinations on Wednesday, with boys scoring marginally higher than girls,
Across the Arts, Science, and Commerce streams, boys secured an 87.7 per cent success rate, while girls followed closely at 87.66 per cent, according to the results published by the Mizoram Board of School Education (MBSE).
Of the 12,243 students who sat for the examinations held between February and March, 10,734 passed, 1,394 could not, and 115 qualified for compartmental examinations.
Academic performance was strongest in the Commerce stream, which saw a 90.51 per cent success rate among 759 candidates.
The Science stream followed with 89.24 per cent pass rate out of 2,770 students who appeared for the exam, while the Arts stream, with 87,14 students, recorded a pass percentage of 86.93.
In terms of institutional performance, the results revealed that deficit schools, which receive regular government grants, maintained their status as top performers with an average 93.80 per cent pass rate across all streams, followed by private schools at 91.55 per cent, while state-run schools recorded a success rate 83.13 per cent.
