Overview

• A leaked May 28 audio tape reveals Mondal directing obscene insults and rape threats at Birbhum police inspector Liton Halder’s wife and mother.
• After evading two police summons, Mondal was interrogated on June 5 and claimed he could not recall the alleged verbal abuse.
• The NCW has demanded a 72-hour action-taken report from DGP Rajeev Kumar citing state police’s apparent inaction and historical collusion with TMC leaders.
• The BJP will stage the Nari Samman Yatra in Bolpur on June 9 as a demonstration against Mondal’s disrespect toward women.
• The CBI has opened a fresh probe into whether Mondal or his associates intimidated witnesses in his cattle-smuggling case.