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Bengal may be ahead of Delhi in crimes against women, says WBHRC chief

West Bengal Human Rights Commission chairman and former Supreme Court judge Asok Kumar Ganguly on Saturday said the state is not lagging behind Delhi in the number of atrocities on women and may have well gone ahead of the national capital. ...  

WB rights panel seeks action against three policemen

Kolkata: The West Bengal Human Rights Commission (WBHRC) on Thursday recommended disciplinary action against three police officers for dereliction of duty in connection with the rape of a teenage girl in South 24 Parganas district. The Commission also directed the trio to pay a monetary fine that would be awarded as compensation to the victim. A 15-year-old girl was gang raped in the Partharpratima block in the district on April...