8-month pregnant Bengal woman delivers stillborn after assault by 'BJP workers'
A pregnant woman in West Bengal delivered a stillborn baby following an alleged assault by political workers during a dispute. Police have arrested two suspects, while local political parties trade accusations regarding the incident.
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Underscores the volatile nature of local political violence and its severe impact on civilians in West Bengal.
KOLKATA: An eight-month-pregnant woman delivered a stillborn baby after she was allegedly assaulted by suspected BJP workers during an attack on her husband in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district, police said on Saturday.Police said two suspected BJP workers have been arrested in connection with the incident, which took place in Kuchni village, under Dinhata-II block, on Wednesday night.According to news agency PTI, the victim, Priya Pal, was allegedly beaten when she tried to intervene as a group of men attacked her husband, Debajit Barman, a private tutor and All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) supporter, while he was returning home.Barman said that after the assault, both of them were admitted to Dinhata Sub-divisional Hospital, where Priya delivered a stillborn baby boy on Friday.Barman alleged that the attack was linked to his sister-in-law's association with the Trinamool Congress (TMC).
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