Kolkata: The Supreme
Court on Tuesday will hear the plea of two gang rape survivors from West Bengal
who want a Special Investigation Team or CBI to probe their cases.
One
of the survivors is a minor from the scheduled caste community, allegedly
gang-raped in Murshidabad district on May 9. The other is a 60-year-old from
East Midnapore district, allegedly gang-raped on May 4 in front of her
6-year-old grandson.
Both
have claimed they were victims of politically motivated violence.
The
two alleged gang rape survivors have sought to be impleaded in a case that is
already in the Supreme Court on post poll violence in Bengal.
In
it, petitioner number one is the younger brother of Abhijit Sarkar who was
allegedly beaten to death by a mob of Trinamool supporters outside his own home
in Kolkata on May 2, the day votes were being counted in the state.
The
second petitioner is the wife of Haran Adhikari of Sonarur in Kolkata's
southern outskirts who was allegedly thrashed by Trinamool supporters
reportedly led by an elected leader on May 14 and died two days later.
The
gang rape survivors have vividly described their plight in their applications.
The
minor girl has said not only was she gang-raped, but she was also left in a
jungle to die. The next day, a local Trinamool leader allegedly came to her
house and threatened to burn it down if she dared to complain to the police.
In
her application to Supreme Court, the 60-year-old survivor said,
"....never have such cruel crimes being committed against a citizen for
her family's participation in the democratic process."
She
has also stated that "while the rape was committed by five accused who are
all named by the rape survivor and when the rape is confirmed by a medical
report, the police has deliberately chosen to name only one of the five accused
in the FIR."
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