West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee | Photo Credit: ANI

Key Highlights The BJP has blamed the TMC for the gruesome attack and a complaint has been lodged at Hasnabad police station The goons kicked on the woman's stomach while she was trying to save her husband Her condition is said to be stable but she suffered miscarriage due to the attack

Kolkata: In a shocking incident of political violence, a pregnant BJP worker had a miscarriage after she was allegedly kicked and assaulted by TMC activists. The incident was reported from Hasnabad in North 24 Paraganas district on late Tuesday night.

The woman identified as Sonali Biwi is the wife of BJP worker Saddam Gazi who had left the TMC to join the BJP a few months ago.

On Tuesday evening, the BJP worker and his 3-month pregnant wife were returning home after attending a BJP booth level meeting at Tengra village during which they were attacked. The miscreants also attacked Saddam's mother and sister.

The BJP has blamed the TMC for the gruesome attack and a complaint has been lodged at Hasnabad police station.

The cops are investigating all aspects of the case to ascertain whether there was any personal enmity or it was a political attack.

The goons kicked on Sonali’s stomach while she was trying to save her husband after which she was rushed to Taki village hospital and after her condition deteriorated she was taken to Basirhat super speciality hospital. Her condition is said to be stable but she suffered a miscarriage due to the attack.

In 2018, a relative of a BJP candidate contesting the rural elections in West Bengal was raped by TMC activists in Nadia district. The victim was said to be pregnant at the time of the horrific incident.

In the FIR lodged by the victim’s mother-in-law, she alleged that the TMC workers were threatening the BJP candidate since she decided to contest rural polls and filed nomination for the same.

Last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleged that BJP workers in West Bengal were being killed because of their political ideology. The TMC, however, dismissed the charges calling it baseless and accused the saffron party of attacking their party cadre in the state.