A woman from West Bengal’s Narendrapur in South 24 Parganas district on Sunday alleged that supporters of the area’s former Trinamool Congress (TMC) legislator assaulted and partially shaved her head in public on Friday before tying her to a lamp post and tearing parts of her clothes, police said.
“A first information report (FIR) was registered on Saturday based on her complaint and one suspect has been arrested,” a district police officer requesting anonymity said.
The woman and her husband, both supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), alleged that associates of then TMC’s Sonarpur North MLA Firdousi Begum targeted them in 2025 and pressured them to pay ₹75,000 for developing their own land. The couple refused and the matter subsequently went to court.
Begum lost her seat to BJP’s Debasish Dhar, a former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer in the recent assembly elections in which the saffron camp won 208 of Bengal’s 294 seats.
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“Firdousi Begum’s people returned on Friday and assaulted me. They even threatened to kill me after tying me to a lamp post. They shaved a part of my head and tore my clothes. Three men and one woman were involved in the attack,” the woman said on Sunday.
{{/usCountry}}“Firdousi Begum’s people returned on Friday and assaulted me. They even threatened to kill me after tying me to a lamp post. They shaved a part of my head and tore my clothes. Three men and one woman were involved in the attack,” the woman said on Sunday.
{{/usCountry}}The Mamata Banerjee-led TMC MLA Kunal Ghosh said, “If anyone violated the law, the law will take its course.”
Firdousi Begum denied involvement in the incident.
“Anybody can mention my name. Let the police investigate and take action,” she said.