On July 20, a BJP gram sabha candidate in West Bengal informed that she was physically assaulted, stripped and paraded naked by workers of the ruling TMC during the panchayat elections.
The TMC party workers are said to have assaulted the BJP worker and urinated on him after he asked for water to drink. The victim was then admitted to a local hospital late on Friday evening.
The situation in West Bengal remains tense as the counting of votes for the three-tier panchayat polls, which was marred with unprecedented violence, is underway
Chamatkar Shiekh, a Congress candidate and four others named Sheikh Tom, Ghiyasuddin Sheikh, Duke Sheikh and Anarul Sheikh were arrested for making crude bombs in West Bengal