The girl was under treatment in Shaktinagar Sadar Hospital (Image: Representative/Shutterstock)
Police have arrested the 21-year-old accused following a complaint by the victim’s mother. As per BJP leaders, the accused has been identified as Pintu Biswas, son of a local TMC strongman, Arjun Biswas
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused the son of a Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader of raping a minor girl at her home in West Bengal’s Nadia district. However, the ruling party in West Bengal refuted the charge and demanded strict action against the culprit.
Police have arrested the 21-year-old accused following a complaint by the victim’s mother. As per BJP leaders, the accused has been identified as Pintu Biswas, son of a local TMC strongman in Shantipur, Arjun Biswas.
In her complaint, the victim’s mother said that she was not at home on Monday evening when the accused, who lives in a nearby village arrived, took her daughter forcibly to the cattle shed at home and raped her.
The girl was under treatment in Shaktinagar Sadar Hospital.
BJP Attacks TMC
Referring to the incident, senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari said in a post on X: “Another rape of a minor girl in Nadia’s Shantipur by a TMC leader’s son jogs one’s memory about what had happened in Hanskhali in Nadia district itself, where a class 9 student was raped in April 2022 during a birthday party at the house of the culprit – a local TMC leader’s son.”
A minor girl was allegedly raped at a birthday party at the house of the main accused on April 4, 2022. She bled to death later that night, according to her parents who lodged a police complaint on April 9. The main accused, son of a TMC leader, was arrested shortly after the complaint was filed.
“Be it Sandeshkhali, Shantipur, Hanskhali or Kaliaganj, sexual crimes perpetrated by TMC leaders and their relatives proves that the culprits are emboldened by the non-existent law ad order situation in the state,” Adhikari said in the post.
He claimed these “sexual predators” do not have any fear of the law.
Adhikari told reporters in Kolkata that attacks on women under TMC rule will be the BJP’s main poll plank.
BJP leader Amit Malviya claimed that the father of the accused is a TMC leader of Shantipur.
In a post on X, BJP’s IT cell head said TMC is known for sheltering and harbouring sexual predators.
“Mamata Banerjee has not only failed the women of Sandeshkhali but Bengal. She has, almost always, provided protection to the perpetrators, including Sheikh Shahjahan. Now Pintu Biswas, son of a local TMC worker Arjun Biswas, raped a 15-year-old minor girl in Santipur, Ranaghat. The victim had lost her father at a very young age,” he said in a post.
He also shared a video of the victim’s uncle, who is a local BJP leader, describing his niece’s ordeal.
TMC is known for sheltering and harbouring sexual predators. Mamata Banerjee has not only failed the women of #Sandeshkhali but Bengal. She has, almost always, provided protection to the perpetrators, including Sheikh Shahjahan.Now Pintu Biswas, son of a local TMC worker Arjun… pic.twitter.com/NCqCfa8Dfe
— Amit Malviya (मोदी का परिवार) (@amitmalviya) March 26, 2024
“Has TMC stooped so low that they are using rape to spread terror among BJP supporters? Mamata Banerjee is anti-women. She humiliated rape victims of Sandeshkhali also,” Malviya added.
TMC Refutes Charges
A district leader of the TMC said the party has nothing to do with the accused or his father and it wants strict action against whoever is found involved in any atrocity on women.
(With PTI Inputs)
