A woman from Narendrapur in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Sunday alleged that supporters of the former Trinamool Congress (TMC) legislator in the district assaulted her and partially shaved her head in public on Friday before tying her to a lamppost and tearing off parts of her clothes, police said.
“A first information report was registered on Saturday based on her complaint and one of the suspects was arrested,” said a district police officer, requesting anonymity.
The woman and her husband, both Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters, alleged that associates of TMC’s Sonarpur North MLA Ferdowsi Begum targeted them in 2025 and pressured them to pay money. $75,000 to develop their own land. The couple refused and the matter was subsequently taken to court.
Begum lost her seat to the BJP’s Debasish Dhar, a former Indian police officer, in the last assembly elections in which the saffron camp won 208 of the 294 seats in Bengal.
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“Members of Ferdowsi Begum’s family returned on Friday and assaulted me. They even threatened to kill me after they tied me to a lamp post. They shaved part of my head and tore my clothes. Three men and a woman participated in the attack,” the woman said on Sunday.
“If anyone violates the law, the law will take its course,” Mamata Banerjee-led TMC MLA Kunal Ghosh said.
Ferdowsi Begum denied his involvement in the incident.
“Anyone can mention my name. Let the police investigate and take necessary action,” she said.
