Two personnel of the Border Security Force (BSF) were arrested by the West Bengal police for the gang-rape of a woman under Bagda police station in North 24 Parganas. The alleged incident occurred between the night of August 25 and the early hours of August 26 at Jeetpur border outpost along the India-Bangladesh border.
The woman, about 23 years old, was allegedly trying to cross the border from the Indian side with a child when she encountered the BSF jawans.
According to the police, the BSF personnel dragged her to the fields and gang-raped her. The incident has sent shockwaves among the people in the area and local MLA Biswajit Das met the villagers and family members of the survivor.
