Woman BSF constable alleges rape by superior in Nadia

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A girl constable of the Border Safety Pressure (BSF) has alleged rape by a superior in West Bengal’s Nadia district. A First Data Report was lodged at Bhawanipore police station right here on Monday when the survivor got here for medical examination on the State-run SSKM Hospital.

The alleged incident occurred at Tungi border outpost beneath Krishnagunge police station in Nadia district. The personnel had introduced allegations towards her firm commander who’s officer of an inspector rank.

 “The Inspector has been suspended and a committee of sexual harassment has been arrange. We are going to take robust disciplinary motion if the accused is discovered responsible,” a spokesperson of the South Bengal Frontier of the BSF mentioned.

Ladies BSF personnel are posted at a number of locations alongside the India-Bangladesh border as there may be excessive density of inhabitants alongside the border. In August 22, one other allegation of rape of a 23-year-old lady by BSF personnel had come to the fore beneath Bagda police station North 24 Parganas district. Two BSF personnel have been arrested for his or her alleged involvement within the crime.

Just lately, the Trinamool Congress management, together with social gathering common secretary Abhishek Banerjee, had raised the problem of the killing of a Rajbanshi youth at Cooch Behar in north Bengal by BSF personnel in December 2022.