A 60-year-old woman and a 17-year-old girl from West Bengal have approached the Supreme Court alleging that they had been raped by workers of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) for supporting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The minor, who belongs to a scheduled caste community, stated in her plea that she had been raped by four TMC workers on 9 May for over an hour and was told that it was a “lesson” for supporting BJP.
Recalling the horror, she added that the workers left her in a forest after the assault. The next day, she alleged that SK Bahadur, a TMC worker, came to her house and threatened her family against involving the authorities. He warned that he would burn their home, the Bar and Bench stated in its report.