Daughter of retd scientist ‘molested’

'Police initially refused to file an FIR'

A retired scientist and his daughter have filed a complaint with Baruipur police alleging assault and molestation by the owner of a house for the purchase of which they had entered into an agreement. Aparesh Bhattacharjee and his 30-year-old daughter have also alleged that the police refused to lodge their complaint on Sunday and did so only after the intervention of the Superintendent of Police, South-24 Parganas, today.

The FIR names house owner Gautam Pal and another person, along with 30 members of a local club, Bhai Bhai Sangha, said the SP, South-24 Parganas, Praveen Tripathi.

According to Tripathi, the incident took place on Sunday at 2 pm when the club members entered the house of Bhattacharjee at Anandanagar, Baruipur. They allegedly assaulted Bhattacharjee, molested and stripped his daughter, and drove them out of the house.

On Monday morning, the two went to the Kalighat residence of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, but returned as those present at the Chief Minister's Office reportedly did not cooperate.

According to the police, Bhattacharjee was residing at Baruipur in a house owned by Gautam Pal.

In February this, Bhattacharjee had approached Pal to purchase the house and paid Rs 2 lakh as advance. In March, Bhattacharjee reportedly informed Pal that he will not buy the house as the paper concerning the property had problems, said the police. Pal also told him that he will not sell the house and began mounting pressure on the retired scientist to vacate the house.

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