<p>The West Bengal government told the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday that it has begun initiating a CID probe into a clash in Birbhum, where policemen and Trinamool Congress members purportedly sexually assaulted a woman for information about a BJP member.<br /><br /><br /></p>.<p>Additional Advocate General Lakshmi Gupta informed the court that the administration took the decision to ensure a free and fair investigation since the allegations were against police personnel.<br /><br />The woman who was sexually assaulted is a young homemaker from Parui in Birbhum. <br /><br />Her family has claimed that policemen and Trinamool workers picked her up from her father’s house in Burdwan and then purportedly physically and sexually tortured her at a nearby field to extract information on the whereabouts of her nephew—a BJP worker who is wanted in a bomb attack case.<br /><br />The incident created uproar among the Opposition, prompting Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi to seek a report from the director general of police on Monday. Subsequently, the state police suspended sub-inspector Kartik Mohan Ghosh and initiated a departmental enquiry against two other policemen, who were said to be involved in the assault.<br /><br />Birbhum’s Superintendent of Police Alok Rajoria informed reporters about the suspension of the sub-inspector based on an interim probe report by Additional SP Ananda Roy. Ghosh was removed from active duty on Monday. <br /><br />“We have suspended Ghosh on the basis of prima facie evidence against him. We have also started a departmental enquiry against two constables. We’ll conduct further enquiry into the allegations,” Rajoria said. The victim’s counsel, who expressed a lack of confidence in the state police, wanted the case to be treated as that of gang-rape under Section 376 (D) of the Indian Penal Code, which was framed after the infamous Nirbhaya case of December 2012. <br /><br />The high court’s division bench directed the victim’s lawyer to move an appropriate bench for police inaction, keeping the matter open before it at the same time. A CID team is expected to visit Parui and talk to the victim and her family within the next two days, sources said.<br /></p>
<p>The West Bengal government told the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday that it has begun initiating a CID probe into a clash in Birbhum, where policemen and Trinamool Congress members purportedly sexually assaulted a woman for information about a BJP member.<br /><br /><br /></p>.<p>Additional Advocate General Lakshmi Gupta informed the court that the administration took the decision to ensure a free and fair investigation since the allegations were against police personnel.<br /><br />The woman who was sexually assaulted is a young homemaker from Parui in Birbhum. <br /><br />Her family has claimed that policemen and Trinamool workers picked her up from her father’s house in Burdwan and then purportedly physically and sexually tortured her at a nearby field to extract information on the whereabouts of her nephew—a BJP worker who is wanted in a bomb attack case.<br /><br />The incident created uproar among the Opposition, prompting Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi to seek a report from the director general of police on Monday. Subsequently, the state police suspended sub-inspector Kartik Mohan Ghosh and initiated a departmental enquiry against two other policemen, who were said to be involved in the assault.<br /><br />Birbhum’s Superintendent of Police Alok Rajoria informed reporters about the suspension of the sub-inspector based on an interim probe report by Additional SP Ananda Roy. Ghosh was removed from active duty on Monday. <br /><br />“We have suspended Ghosh on the basis of prima facie evidence against him. We have also started a departmental enquiry against two constables. We’ll conduct further enquiry into the allegations,” Rajoria said. The victim’s counsel, who expressed a lack of confidence in the state police, wanted the case to be treated as that of gang-rape under Section 376 (D) of the Indian Penal Code, which was framed after the infamous Nirbhaya case of December 2012. <br /><br />The high court’s division bench directed the victim’s lawyer to move an appropriate bench for police inaction, keeping the matter open before it at the same time. A CID team is expected to visit Parui and talk to the victim and her family within the next two days, sources said.<br /></p>
