MALDA: A group of villagers in West Bengal’s Malda district allegedly stripped a 33-year-old woman, thrashed her and chopped two fingers of her left hand after her cow ate grain from a neighbour’s field.
The incident happened at Munnitola village in Malda on Saturday evening. The woman was admitted to the Malda Medical College and Hospital in a critical state. “Now the goons are threatening us to withdraw the police complaint,” the woman told HT.
Her son was also injured when he went to save his mother, sources said. The victim’s family lodged a complaint against Harun Sheikh, Lalu Sheikh, Iftar Sheikh, Ahmed Sheikh and three local goons, police said. The suspects are on the run.
“I can’t imagine people can strip my wife and try to kill her. I have already lodged a written complaint with the police against seven persons,” the woman’s husband said. “I work as a labourer. When the incident happened, I wasn’t in the village.”
Sources said one of the cows entered Harun’s field and ate some grain. After this, Harun caught the cow and beat the animal mercilessly, fracturing two of its legs. Police said when the woman found her cow was being thrashed, she rushed to Harun’s field and repeatedly requested him to let the cow go.
{{/usCountry}}Sources said one of the cows entered Harun’s field and ate some grain. After this, Harun caught the cow and beat the animal mercilessly, fracturing two of its legs. Police said when the woman found her cow was being thrashed, she rushed to Harun’s field and repeatedly requested him to let the cow go.
{{/usCountry}}But instead of listening to the woman, the men pounced upon her, stripped her and started beating her. They also tried to hack Ayesha with a sickle. When she tried to resist the attack with her left hand, her little finger and ring finger were chopped off. As word of the thrashing spread, her son Iqbal rushed to the field, only to be attacked by the same men who hit him on the head with a sickle.