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Two arrests after 2 rape attempts
The Statesman
|November 07, 2024
A youth was arrested on charges of molestation at a village within the Kotulpur PS area in Bankura.
A Class IX student of a local school had been to her tutorial classes on Tuesday evening on her bicycle. While she was returning from her classes, a youth hiding in a bush suddenly pounced upon her. She complained to the police, saying: "He suddenly came
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