{"id":84627,"date":"2024-06-30T17:34:37","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T17:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/30\/couple-in-illicit-relationship-assaulted-in-bengal-video-goes-viral\/"},"modified":"2024-06-30T17:34:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T17:34:37","slug":"couple-in-illicit-relationship-assaulted-in-bengal-video-goes-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/30\/couple-in-illicit-relationship-assaulted-in-bengal-video-goes-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Couple in &#8216;illicit relationship&#8217; assaulted in Bengal, video goes viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"314\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-111385940,imgsize-17120.cms?resize=420,314&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Couple in &#8216;illicit relationship&#8217; assaulted in Bengal, video goes viral\" title=\"Couple in &#8216;illicit relationship&#8217; assaulted in Bengal, video goes viral\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-brcount=\"36\">The West <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/bengal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bengal<\/a> Police on Sunday registered a case after a <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a> clip of a brutal <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/assault\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">assault<\/a> on a couple allegedly engaged in an illicit relationship went <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/viral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">viral<\/a>, sparking widespread <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/outrage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">outrage<\/a>. The man who was seen in the video beating up the two with a bamboo stick was allegedly a local <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/tmc-leader\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TMC leader<\/a> of Chopra in Uttar Dinajpur district where the incident occurred following a decision of a kangaroo court. <!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=toppotime:3-->PTI could not independently verify the authenticity of the video. <\/p>\n<p>While the opposition BJP, Congress and CPI(M) slammed the Mamata Banerjee government for the incident, the ruling TMC said the matter will be investigated. <\/p>\n<p>Islampur Police Superintendent Joby Thomas K said the police have watched the video clip on social media and have registered a case after verification. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have initiated raids to arrest the culprit and will investigate the reason behind the act promptly,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p>The video clip shows the man beating up the woman who grimaced in pain, as a large number of people were watching. The accused also thrashed a man with the stick. &#8220;This is the ugly face of Mamata Banerjee&#8217;s rule in West Bengal. The guy in the video, who is beating up a woman mercilessly&#8230; is famous for giving quick justice through his &#8216;insaf&#8217; sabha and is a close associate of Chopra MLA Hamidur Rahaman,&#8221; BJP IT Cell head Amit Malviya said in a post on X. He claimed that there is a Sandeshkhali in every village of West Bengal and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is a &#8220;curse for women&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is no semblance of law and order in Bengal. Will Mamata Banerjee act against this monster or defend him like she stood up for Sheikh Shahjahan?&#8221; Malviya said in the post. <\/p>\n<p>Shahjahan is an arrested TMC functionary of Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district, where allegations of sexual abuse and land grab have been levelled against Trinamool Congress leaders. <\/p>\n<p>Attacking the Mamata Banerjee government, CPI(M) state secretary Md Salim said in a post on X: &#8220;Not even #KangarooCourt! Summary trial and punishment handed out by d \u2066@AITCofficial\u2069 goon&#8230; Literally bulldozer justice at Chopra under \u2066@MamataOfficial\u2069 rule.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>State Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury alleged that attacks on ordinary people and the TMC&#8217;s political opponents are continuing in West Bengal, though the Trinamool Congress won the Lok Sabha elections in the state. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How can a woman be beaten up in this way? Attack on any woman is barbaric and deplorable,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Such incidents of violence are giving a bad name to West Bengal,&#8221; the senior Congress leader said. <\/p>\n<p>Local TMC MLA Hamidur Rahman denied he has any connection with the accused and distanced himself from the incident. <\/p>\n<p>He said it was a village matter and not related to the party. <\/p>\n<p>TMC district president Kaniyalal Agarwal attributed the incident to the couple&#8217;s alleged illicit relationship, which &#8220;did not go down well with the villagers&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>He said that the party would investigate the episode. <\/p>\n<p>TMC spokesperson Shantanu Sen condemned the incident but also pointed out that such kangaroo courts were common during the Left Front regime too.<!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=botpotime:3--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/couple-in-illicit-relationship-assaulted-in-bengal-video-goes-viral\/articleshow\/111385940.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The West Bengal Police on Sunday registered a case after a video clip of a brutal assault on a couple allegedly engaged in an illicit relationship went viral, sparking widespread outrage. 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