Stripping of two tribal women: In another shocking incident, two tribal women were allegedly “stripped, and beaten mercilessly” in West Bengal’s Malda a few days ago and police did not take any action and remained a “mute spectator”, the BJP on Saturday alleged targeting chief minister Mamata Banerjee for failing to provide security to women in the State.

The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress party in its response said that the BJP was uselessly politicising the issue. The women were caught stealing, which prompted outraged by the locals. BJP’s IT department head Amit Malviya on Saturday took to Twitter to post a purported video, that has surfaced on social media, which he claimed took place on July 19 in Pakua Hat, a weekly market, of Bamangola Police Station in Malda.

Women and Child Development minister of West Bengal Shashi Panja said, “There is absolutely no need to politicise the Malda incident. It was a just theft case, where the two ladies tried to steal something from the market. A group of women tried to take law and order into their hands and started beating them. However, the police reached the spot. A case has been registered and police are investigating the matter.”

“It has nothing to do with politics though we have taken suo motu of the incident,” Panja said.

“The horror continues in West Bengal. Two Tribal women were stripped naked, tortured and beaten mercilessly, while police remained a mute spectator in Pakua Hat area of Bamangola Police Station, Malda,” Malviya tweeted.

“The horrific incident took place on the morning of 19th July. The women belonged to socially marginalised community and had a frenzied mob baying for her blood…,” Malviya who is the party’s BJP in-charge of West Bengal said.