CHOPRA (NORTH DINAJPUR): Police on Sunday registered a suo motu case and launched an investigation after a video of a man brutally thrashing a woman and her male friend over an extra-marital relationship in Bengal's North Dinajpur went viral on Sunday. The accused, a TMC functionary, has been arrested.
The accused was identified as Tajemul alias JCB.The party dissociated itself from Tajemul saying police would act tough on the perpetrator. BJP, CPM and Congress have condemned the incident.
The woman, a resident of Chopra, has a 14-year-old daughter and her husband is a migrant labourer. While she had been warned by her in-laws to stay away from the man, who was also married, the couple continued to see each other. On Saturday, they were caught by some men and assaulted by Tajemul.
In the purported video of the assault which went viral by Sunday morning, Tajemul was seen beating the woman and the man with a bunch of sticks even as she begged him to stop and cried in pain. He continued to hit her till she fainted and kicked her once she was unconscious.
TMC's former RS MP Santanu Sen said, "The party never approves of such action. However, BJP should first introspect when such incidents take place in states governed by them." Joby Thomas, Islampur police district SP, said "We have seen the video and lodged a suo motu case. We will investigate."