Some people take off their shoes, some people grab their hair and pull them, the blows are endless. Two middle-aged women are being brutally beaten up by a frenzied mob. Taking advantage of the opportunity, they were dragged in the crowd and stripped of their clothes. After that, they were beaten naked. Two women are crying. Civic police (volunteers) standing by. But, even that does not reduce the power of Mara.
It is known that this incident of violence against women took place in Pakuahat of Malda last Tuesday. The video of the incident was released on Saturday morning. In a span of just three days, this is how the horrific incident of women’s violence came to the fore in India. After Manipur, this time in West Bengal, two middle-aged women were beaten up naked on suspicion of being a thief and went viral on social media. In this incident, the police have been accused of arresting the two victims again!
Just 24 hours ago, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee joined Manipur’s nude parade incident from Martyr’s Divas stage in Kolkata on Friday. Addressing the BJP-ruled state government in Manipur and the BJP government at the Centre, Mamata said “Beti Bachao slogans are burning the beti. Manipur is burning, the whole country is burning. Women’s dignity is being robbed.”
The video of Mamata’s brutal beating of two women naked in the state has gone viral!
According to local sources, this sensational incident took place at Pakuahat of Bamongola police station in Malda. Every Tuesday haat is held here. Two women were arrested on suspicion of pickpocketing in the market. Then the beating started. Significantly, the involvement of women in beating incidents was relatively higher than that of men. Two or three civic volunteers reached the spot after receiving information about the incident, but failed to rescue the two women from the frenzied crowd. Later the police of Manikchak police station went and rescued them. The state police administration was shaken after the video footage of this incident went viral on Saturday.
According to police sources, they came to know about the incident only after the video came to their attention. Preliminary investigation revealed that two women were caught red-handed while stealing in Pakuahat. After that, the local women traders beat up the women arrested on suspicion of being thieves. Later the two women left the area or ran away. They did not file any complaint with the police. Businessmen also did not complain about this. Now, the police have started investigating the matter and appropriate action will be taken.
Although this demand of the police has been completely rejected by the daughter of one of the victims. He claimed that the two victims were his mother and aunt. They went to market to sell lemons. At this time a sweet seller slanders them as a thief. After that, they were stripped and beaten. Later they were informed through the civic police and he identified the mother and aunt after seeing the video of the beating. After that, when he went to the police station, he came to know that the police arrested his mother and aunt and sent them to jail. They are unlikely to be released before Monday.
Residents of the local Sheikh village said that the police did not listen to them. Police arrested those who were tortured. The police wronged the victims. They demanded the speedy release of the victimized women and filing of charges against those who beat them.