Otera bibi killed

2017-06-27

Main Information

  • Victim Names Otera Bibi
  • Date of Incident 2017-06-27
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Villagers of Sekendra
  • State West Bengal
  • City/District Sekendra, Murshidabad, Sekendra, Murshidabad
  • Party in Power AITMC

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Sekendra, Murshidabad
  • Perpetrator Organization Bajrag Dal
  • Place of incident N/A

A mentally disablled women was branded as Child snatcher and lynched. She was tied up to a tractor and beaten for hours. Her head was shaved off during this assault and her clothes torn apart. She tried to communicate her innocence but wasn't able to due to her mental disability. Even when police arrived at the scene the villagers didn't let them intervene and stop the assault. She had wandered away from home into Sekendra where she entered a private residence. Due to previous missing children the villagers assumed her as a criminal and attacked her so violently