Ahead Of Bengal Election, BJP Worker's Wife Claims TMC Workers Beat Her Up

BJP worker wife beaten: The wife of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker claims she was beaten up by workers from the opposition Trinamool Congress Party (TMC). She told the press she faced an attack on Sunday when some people thrashed her, grabbed her hair and urged her to tell her the whereabouts of her husband.

"They grabbed my hair & dragged me out of my house. They thrashed me asking for my husband. They belonged to TMC," news agency

West Bengal: A BJP worker lodged Police complaint against TMC workers for allegedly beating up his wife & vandalizing his vehicle,yesterday. The victim-his wife-says, "They grabbed my hair & dragged me out of my house. They thrashed me asking for my husband. They belonged to TMC" pic.twitter.com/QZblSCyjty

A vehicle belonging to the couple has also reportedly been vandalised. TMC member Chittaranjan Mandal has expressly denied the claims, saying the issue is falsely being politicised. "This is a lie. His (BJP worker) driver vandalised his car. He is trying to politicise the issue. TMC has nothing to do with this incident."

West Bengal: A BJP worker lodged Police complaint against TMC workers for allegedly beating up his wife & vandalizing his vehicle,yesterday. The victim-his wife-says, "They grabbed my hair & dragged me out of my house. They thrashed me asking for my husband. They belonged to TMC" pic.twitter.com/QZblSCyjty

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BJP Worker Wife Beaten, One Of Many Recent Poll Violence Incidents

Reports suggest poll violence is fairly common in the state and is known to have happened before. In February, similar claims had surfaced where a BJP worker and his 85-year-old mother were beaten by, they said, TMC members. The elderly woman Shova Majumdar had sustained serious injuries on her face and said they were beaten because her son worked for the saffron party. TMC had denied the charges.

On Friday, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was discharged from hospital, where she was seeking treatment for injuries she sustained in Nandigram. Her party TMC has suggested BJP might be behind the 'attack' and demanded that the Election Commission (EC) launch a high-level probe into the matter. EC called TMC's report on the 'attack' incident "sketchy." Full story here.