The death of a 19-year-old student by suicide in the Burdwan town of West Bengal has brought to fore allegations of intimidation by supporters of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC).
Tuhina Khatun, a student of Burdwan Raj College, was found dead at her house in Ward Number 27 of the Burdwan Municipality late on March 2. The family members of the young woman accused Bashir Ahmed, the newly elected local TMC councillor of intimidating the young woman.
According to reports, the family of the deceased student was supporting a rival faction of the ruling party in the civic polls that was led by Mukhtar Miyan. The results of the municipal polls were declared on March 2, and soon after the declaration of results, a sketch was drawn outside the house of Tuhina Khatun. It was found on a boundary wall of the house and it showed three women hanging from a tree, with the words “ holo na, holo na” (did not happen, did not happen) scribbled below.
