3 sisters allege torture in Assam police post, 1 claims she had miscarriage

2019-09-08

Main Information

  • Victim Names Minuwara Begum, Sanuwara and Rumela
  • Date of Incident 2019-09-08
  • Nature of Violence Communal Violence / Massacre
  • Causal factors Caste Violence
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Mahendra Sarma , Lady Constable
  • State Assam
  • City/District Guwahati, Guwahati, Darrang district, Assam
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Guwahati, Darrang district, Assam
  • Perpetrator Organization Police / Investigating agency
  • Place of incident N/A

In the Darrang district of Assam, a Muslim woman who is pregnant and her two sisters are charged with being tortured them whole night and stripped in a police station. A police officer kicked the pregnant woman in the stomach, causing her to bleed and lose her unborn child as a result of the violence. a pregnant woman and her two sisters were tortured, stripped, and attacked inside a police station in the . According to reports, the woman who said she was two months pregnant miscarried as a result of the assault. "We were brutally beaten up and the police officer who also touched our private parts. The police officer threatened us by showing his pistol and warned us from filing any complaint against him," the woman said in her complaint