By Pinak Priya Bhattacharya
Jalpaiguri: A minor Dalit girl was allegedly forced to drink liquor and then stripped and videographed by a couple in Jalpaiguri’s Dhupguri. The survivor filed an FIR after the video went viral.
The accused woman, Pratima Sarkar, is a member of Gadang I gram panchayat. She has been arrested while her husband, Partha Sarkar, is absconding.
The girl worked as a domestic help at the couple’s house in Khalaigram village. She went to Dhupguri PS on Friday, accompanied by the president of Vote Para haat committee, Abdul Hamid, to lodge a complaint against the Sarkars. The couple has been charged under various sections of the Pocso Act.
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