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Arrest After Video Shows Woman Pushed From Roof in Bengal as Parties Dispute Motive

Police call it a personal dispute, with one suspect arrested.

Overview

  • Police in Raydighi, South 24 Parganas, arrested Tanay Paik, 25, after registering a specific case and opening an inquiry, the district SP confirmed.
  • The injured woman was identified as Mangla Halder, who was hospitalized after the fall and is reported to be out of danger.
  • The BJP alleges Halder was attacked after she protested an illegal Trinamool party office built on land she says is hers.
  • A local Trinamool leader says the incident was a rooftop tussle between related families who are Bengal Awas Yojana beneficiaries, not a political assault.
  • The West Bengal BJP posted a six-second clip of the push on X as investigators work to determine whether the clash was political or a property dispute.