On Friday (8th March), the wife of the BJP booth President was attacked in Altapur village in the Karandighi sub-division in Uttar Dinajpur district of West Bengal.
In a video shared by the X (formerly Twitter) handle of ‘BJP West Bengal’, the victim was heard saying, “A mob of 300-400 Muslims landed at my house. I was talking to them through the window and pleading them to leave us alone.”
“They did not listen and broke the window and our door. They took away our belongings such as suitcase, almirah, TV, bed and even utensils for keeping rice.
দেখুন কিভাবে চলছে পশ্চিমবঙ্গে হিন্দুদের উপর অত্যাচার!
— BJP West Bengal (@BJP4Bengal) March 10, 2024
সন্দেশখালী হোক কিংবা করণদীঘি সব জায়গায় হিন্দুরাই বারংবার আক্রান্ত! মুখ্যমন্ত্রী সবসময় তাও হিন্দুদের দোষারোপ করছেন।
অপেক্ষা করুন, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ বাসী জবাব দেবে। pic.twitter.com/bPidFs6iQN
“They also broke the idols of Goddess Durga and Goddess Manasha,” she narrated while breaking down in tears. “My son was attacked. They broke his leg. My daughter’s hand was fractured. They threw bricks at me. I was bleeding from my ears,” the victim recounted.
“They tore my clothes and removed everything. There was not a single Hindu. All of them were Muslims,” she emphasised.
The woman wept inconsolably and added, “My husband is BJP’s booth President. Party meetings are conducted at my home. One such meeting took place yesterday. Since the time my husband contested elections, we were being threatened.”
On #WomensDay2024 a BJP activists house was ransacked at Karandighi, S Dinajpur. Man fled. Wife distobed, molested. Daughter & son have fractures. Everything in house including idols destroyed. "Not a single attacker ws Hindu" she said. Get video Google translated from Bengali. pic.twitter.com/5hBdaPhr8Y
— Pratim Ranjan Bose (@pratimbose) March 9, 2024
“I have nothing left. They destroyed everything. All of this happened because we support BJP…My husband has gone into hiding because of the fear of Muslims. They targeted me since he was not around,” she narrated.
While reacting to the disturbing incident, BJP MP from Hooghly Locket Chatterjee, tweeted, “Persecution of Hindus continues unabated in West Bengal, from Sandeshkhali to Karandighi. The Chief Minister consistently shifts blame onto Hindus. West Bengal residents await justice. #NoVoteToMamata”
Persecution of Hindus continues unabated in West Bengal, from Sandeshkhali to Karandighi. The Chief Minister consistently shifts blame onto Hindus.
— Locket Chatterjee (Modi Ka Parivar) (@me_locket) March 10, 2024
West Bengal residents await justice. #NoVoteToMamata https://t.co/52fhPJoaDy
On Saturday (9th March), BJP MLA Dr Ashok Kumar Lahiri met the victim at the hospital.
In a tweet, he informed, “Yesterday night (8th March) at around 1 o’clock, TMC-sponsored goons attacked the wife and family members of BJP booth President Rajkumar Das in Altapur in Karandighi Vidhan Sabha constituency.”
“Today, I met her (the wife of Rajkumar Das) at the Raihganj district hospital. I demand strict punishment for the culprits,” tweeted Dr Ashok Kumar Lahiri while sharing visuals from his hospital visit.
গতকাল রাতে করণদিঘী বিধানসভার আলতাপুরে বিজেপির বুথ সভাপতি রাজকুমার দাস এর বাড়িতে রাত প্রায় ১টা নাগাদ তৃণমূল আশ্রিত হার্মাদ দ্বারা আক্রান্ত হয় তার স্ত্রী সহ পুরো পরিবার। আজ রায়গঞ্জ জেলা হাসপাতালে ওনার সাথে দেখা করলাম। দোষীদের কঠোরতম শাস্তির দাবি জানাই। pic.twitter.com/YHSFH1VO1q
— Dr. Ashok Kumar Lahiri (Modi Ka Parivar) (@ashoklahiribjp) March 9, 2024
In the meantime, the BJP has shared a 2019 video of Mamata Banerjee, acknowledging that her politics is based on Muslim appeasement.
“Je goru dudh dei, tar lathi kheta hoi (We will have to tolerate the kick of the cash cow that gives us milk),” the West Bengal CM had infamously said.
The incident comes in the backdrop of sexual violence committed against women by Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan and his aides Uttar Sardar and Shibu Prasad Hazra in Sandeshkhali village in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.
Police deny communal angle
Four days after the incident, the Raiganj police claimed that there was no ‘communal angle’ in the case.
In a tweet on Tuesday (12th March), it said, “Efforts are being made from certain quarters to distort facts and spread disharmony about a recent incident in Uttar Dinajpur. Fact is, an altercation and scuffle between two neighbouring families over supply of irrigation water resulted in injuries on both sides.”
2/2
— Raiganj Police District, UDNJ (@RaiganjPolice) March 12, 2024
There was no communal overtone whatsoever to the incident. Stern legal action is being initiated against those seeking to ignite communal passions through blatant falsehood.#RaiganjPD#WBP#WestBengalPolice
“There was no communal overtone whatsoever to the incident. Stern legal action is being initiated against those seeking to ignite communal passions through blatant falsehood,” the Raiganj police warned.
