Women confine themselves indoors for a week after attack

Two women from Kamarpukur's Sripur Hattala village have confined themselves to their homes for past seven days after an alleged assault and subsequent threats by Kamarpukur panchayat pradhan Rajdeep Dey, constable Jadunath Mandal of Debra police station (Paschim Medinipur) and a group of Trinamool Congress-backed assailants, according to the family.

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Sougatha Dey, the primary complainant, said a cement-laden motorvan parked outside Mandal's new house blocked the village's narrow public road. "My sister and I politely asked Jadunath to move the van so people could pass," Mr Dey recounted. "Without provocation, he became violent, called the panchayat pradhan and local TMC men, and they beat me severely. When my wife and s