"No one has right to exercise violence against women": Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

Kolkata: Reacting to the alleged incident of assault on a minority woman in Cooch Behar, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury slammed the West Bengal government and said that the attacks on women are "unacceptable", adding such incidents are not being witnessed in any part of the country after the Lok Sabha elections that are being witnessed in Bengal.
"Attacks on women, irrespective of their caste, are unacceptable. Elections have been held, results have been declared, and the ruling party has won the maximum seats in the state, so why is the government resorting to violence in the state?" Chowdhury asked.
"Nowhere in the country are we seeing such cases as are seen in Bengal after the elections. No one has the right to exercise violence against women," he said.
Union Minister and West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar has constituted a seven-member team to investigate the alleged incident of assault on a minority woman in Cooch Behar.
The seven-member team includes BJP MLA Agnimitra Paul, MLA Sikha Chatterjee, Phalguni Patra, Shashi Agnihotri, MLA Malati Rava Roy, Mafuja Khatun and MP Jayanta Roy.
Meanwhile, West Bengal Police on Friday informed that a case has been registered and three accused have been arrested in connection with the alleged incident of assault on a minority woman in Cooch Behar.
The police also said that false rumours are being spread regarding an incident involving a Muslim woman in Coochbehar and urged everyone to refrain from spreading false information and to verify facts before believing or sharing any news.
"It has come to our attention that false rumours are being spread regarding an incident involving a Muslim woman in Coochbehar, West Bengal. It is being falsely reported that the woman was stripped and beaten for supporting a political party. This misinformation is being used to give communal and political," Cooch Behar Police said in a statement.
"We urge everyone to refrain from spreading false information and to verify facts before believing or sharing any news. The incident is a family matter and should not be given any communal or political colour," they added in the statement.
Earlier on June 28, the BJP's fact-finding team, which investigated the alleged post-poll violence during the Bengal elections, submitted its report to BJP President JP Nadda.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) fact-finding committee was formed to investigate post-poll violence in West Bengal after multiple reports of violence against BJP workers and vandalism of their offices emerged following the declaration of the 2024 Lok Sabha election results.
Incidents of post-poll violence poured in from several areas of West Bengal, where BJP workers were allegedly beaten and their offices were vandalised, after the declaration of Lok Sabha 2024 results.