West Bengal: Police question suspended CPI(M) leader for 3 hours

“The young pistillate had travel to my spot astir 10 americium (Sunday). She interviewed maine for astir 20-22 minutes. She had travel to my location respective times before. She has alleged that I physically assaulted her earlier arsenic well. But she ne'er mentioned it to her channel’s editor. She could person refused to interrogation me,” Bhattacharya said.

“I measurement 83 kilos. If her allegations were true, past would she beryllium good if idiosyncratic who is 83 kg sat connected her lap,” the erstwhile MLA asked. On Sunday during a Facebook Live session, the pistillate writer alleged that Bhattacharya made improper advances and sexually harassed her erstwhile she visited his Baranagar residence earlier successful the day. She had accused the erstwhile MLA of touching her inappropriately and sitting connected her thigh without her consent.

Police person booked Bhattacharya nether sections 74 (use of transgression unit oregon battle against a pistillate with the intent to outrage her modesty) and 75(2) (sexual harassment) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). “He (Bhattacharya) volition beryllium summoned again connected Wednesday,” said a constabulary officer. Police person already recorded the connection of the pistillate journalist.

Meanwhile, reacting to his suspension from the enactment wrong hours of the surfacing of intersexual harassment charges, Bhattacharya said: “If the enactment believes that a ailment from a pistillate automatically warrants suspension, past the enactment enactment has done the close thing.

Tomorrow, if immoderate different pistillate complains against idiosyncratic else, they volition beryllium suspended too. If the enactment acts successful the aforesaid manner, past I person thing to say. I had hoped that the enactment would person listened to maine earlier taking the determination (to suspend me).”

The CPI(M) enactment suspended Bhattacharya from the enactment wrong hours of the writer making the allegations connected societal media. CPI(M) authorities caput Mohammad Salim had said: “The enactment doesn’t endorse immoderate specified thing, if the allegations are existent … The party’s Internal Grievance Committee (ICC) volition look into the allegations against Bhattacharya.”