Kolkata, July 5 -- Security tightened outside the residence of former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as central forces took positions ahead of her scheduled visit to Baruipur, following the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl.

A 12-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered in the Baruipur region of South 24 Parganas. Jadavpur MP Saayoni Ghosh, in an X post, said that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been constituted to probe the case, and she held a conversation with Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari.

Meanwhile, TMC has criticised the deployment of central forces outside Mamata Banerjee's residence.

TMC MP Dola Sen asked if the deployment was an attempt to house arrest the former CM. She termed the incide...