Two weeks before Sandeshkhali goes to the polls, tension prevailed in the riverine area in West Bengal on Thursday, with a woman alleging abduction based on the instructions of a Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader. The woman, a local who has been forefront of protests against the TMC leadership, said that she was abducted by three persons from outside her residence. A complaint was lodged by her at the Sandeshkhali Police Station.
The woman said that she was threatened to not approach the police and the courts, and to say that she was asked by the BJP to file a false complaint, and that the alleged incidents of atrocities against women in Sandeshkhali by local TMC leaders were “false”. The region has been on the boil since February 2024, after allegations of land grab and sexual assault directed at local TMC leaders surfaced.
