Malda woman tied to tree, tortured for 6 hours

 

Reports claim she was attacked over her refusal to withdraw a six-year-old criminal case against three men. The 34-year-old victim was rescued by a team from the local women’s police station and sent to hospital, where she’s now recovering. The victim claims the violence against her was the result of a case she had filed in 2009, against three “construction material suppliers”, who had dumped raw material in front of her father’s house.

 

“The accused came to me and threatened me with dire consequences if I did not withdraw the case. They wanted me to attend a salisi meeting and I refused. Around 6am today (Wednesday), along with other villagers, the three dragged me out of the house, tied me to a tree and beat me up. They slapped me, scratched my face and pulled the hair, saying I was a woman of loose morals and deserved to be beaten. I was tortured till the police came and rescued me,” she was quoted as saying by ABP news. The accused Samsul Sheikh, Ziaul Sheikh and Raisul Ali are currently out on bail. 

 

The woman’s husband is a daily wager and the couple has a six-year-old son. According to ABP News, when asked about the incident the local panchayat pradhan of the Trinamul cast doubts on the victim’s character. “The villagers told me the woman was of a rough nature and low morals,” the individual was quoted as saying.