Bengal woman tortured by cops threatens stir
Kolkata, Jan 28: With no arrest yet made for the alleged torturing of a woman by a police team in West Bengal, the victim Wednesday threatened to launch a stir if the perpetrators were not nabbed soon. The woman has alleged that a police team accompanied by local Trinamool Congress leaders Jan 17 forcibly took her away to a jungle and tortured her to extract information about her nephew, a local BJP leader, wanted for clashes in Parui in Birbhum district. In the police complaint filed by the victim's family, it has been claimed that her entire body was slashed with blades and nettle leaves rubbed against her body, including in her private parts. "More than 10 days have passed but the police have not made a single arrest. The police and the CID are afraid of arresting the culprits because they belong to the ruling party. If they are not arrested within two days, I will demonstrate outside the police superintendent's office," said the victim. Actress-turned-politician Roopa Ganguly, who recently joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said her party will endeavour to get the intervention of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the matter. Ganguly also slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her government.