The locals have picketed the school after police arrested the father for allegedly raping his own daughter. The police, on 8th June, had arrested the inhabitant of Birtanagar-4 metropolis in charge of repeatedly raping the 15-year-old daughter. The locals claim that the school administration called the police to arrest the man by making false accusations. The girl reads in class 5. 

According to police, the girl made a statement that she had been forcibly raped by her father for over a year. However, the mother of the girl has rejected such claims. As per the mother, the girl was in love with a neighbor. After finding about the affair,  the father had beaten her but the child falsely accused the father of the rape, she further added.