Statesman News Service, MIDNAPORE, April 15. - As the hour for polling draws close, the CPI-M's acts of intimidation seem to be intensifying. It appears the Marxist cadres did not even spare an Opposition woman candidate.
Yesterday, Mrs Aparna Dutta, the Amra Bangali candidate from Assembly constituency No. 223 of Midnapore, was attacked by about 100 CPI-M hoodlums at Goaldanga in Midnapore Sadar block. She had gone to the place to campaign.
The ruffians barricaded her path by stacking bicycles and asked her to leave the area as it was a CPI-M stronghold.
She alleged that they also demanded that she do sit-ups and hold her ears while doing them.
When she refused, they assaulted Mrs Dutta and also tried to set her auto-rickshaw ablaze. They collected piles of hay and nearly set it on fire. They also made an attempt to snatch away her cellphone when she was about to call police. They were unable to do so because some elderly people came to her rescue.
A little away from the spot, she informed the Midnapore Kotwali police of her plight and requested them to send forces to rescue her. It appears police turned down her request and advised her to lodge a written complaint with them at the police station first. Later, she met the SDO and returning officer, Mrs Mitali Mukherjee and drew the attention of the EC observer to the situation as well. But no arrest has yet been made.
Source: CPI-M workers assault Amra Bangali nominee
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