Six men, including two Trinamool Congress workers, allegedly gangraped a 34-year-old woman in her house in Howrah district late Saturday night. Trinamool block president Kutbuddin Mallick and local unit youth president Debashis Rana are among the accused. The incident took a political turn with the BJP accusing the TMC government of resorting to rape to silence the opposition in West Bengal. The TMC is using rape as a political tool to silence opponents,” BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya tweeted. Later he did, but under pressure, he said the injuries were not of rape,” BJP MLA Agnimitra Paul alleged.

Source: Indian Express August 10, 2021 00:56 UTC