Draft:2024 Sandeshkali Incident

The 2024 Sandeshkhali incident is a case of alleged sexual assault that took place in Sandeshkhali, a village in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, India, on February 9, 2024 allegedly by Trinamool Congress Worker Sheikh Shahjahan and his colleagues .The victim, a 22-year-old woman, was allegedly gang-raped by a group of men. The incident sparked outrage and protests across the state, with many demanding justice for the victim.

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"Women here cannot live in safety. We women fear going out. We want safety," Sandeshkhali resident Kanika Das told in a media interview.

Kanika Das is among the women who have broken years of silence and narrated the horrifying incidents of systemic gang rape and sexual exploitation in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali.

The Main Opposition BJP criticized the law & order collapse in West Bengal under the Mamata Banerjee Government and demanded justice for the victims, while Chief Minister Banerjee said that she has constituted a committee to investigate the matter and present report on it. BJP National President Nadda constituted a committee to rush to the sight and report the entire matter to his office.