Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Malviya shared a video of two women being stripped and assaulted by a mob in Malda which led to outrage among the BJP leaders in the state. Some of them held dharnas today in front of the state assembly and the office of the Malda Superintendent of Police.
The Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal바카라 웹사이트on Sunday staged dharnas in front of the West Bengal Assembly and the office of Malda Superintendent of Police in protest against the alleged assault and stripping of two women at a marketplace in the district.
The BJP legislators sought바카라 웹사이트the removal of Malda district SP as they sat for the dharna on Sunday.
Five BJP MLAs were present바카라 웹사이트including Manoj Tigga and Shankar Ghosh who held placards and raised slogans demanding the removal of the SP over the incident that allegedly took place at Pakua Hat in the Bamangola police station area earlier this week.
According to a report by PTI, Khagen Murmu,바카라 웹사이트Maldaha Uttar constituency's BJP MP바카라 웹사이트also participated in the바카라 웹사이트dharna with party workers outside the SP's office in Malda town which started on Saturday continued till Sunday.바카라 웹사이트
Reportedly Khagen Murmu said, "The police must take stringent action against those involved in the gruesome act of assaulting and disrobing the women." He also added, "Police have also lathi-charged our protesting workers."
According to the latest updates, the police have registered a suo motu case and detained five persons in connection with the incident.
A purported video of the incident showing a mob beating up the women mercilessly was shared on social media by Amit Malviya, the head of BJP's IT cell on Saturday.
In a tweet, Malviya claimed that two women were "stripped naked, tortured and beaten mercilessly, while the police remained a mute spectator".
Rubbishing the charges, the Women and Child Health Minister Shashi Panja told reporters that the two were embroiled in a scuffle with other women who accused them of theft and women civic police volunteers who were present at the spot tried to stop them.
She accused the BJP of resorting to "diversionary tactics" by "hyping" a quarrel between local women over the selling of vegetables and allegations of theft.바카라 웹사이트
"The scuffle has no political or caste overtones… BJP is unnecessarily making this a political issue," the minister asserted.