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BJP's Basirhat candidate Rekha Patra lodges complaint against Trinamul leader for 'violation' of privacy

She also shot off a letter to National Commission for Scheduled Castes, alleging that Debangshu Bhattacharyya, the TMC nominee from Tamluk Lok Sabha seat and head of the party's social media cell, made the details of her personal information and bank accounts public

PTI Calcutta Published 29.03.24, 01:11 PM
An undated photo of Rekha Patra, one of the Sandeshkhali victims, whose name has been announced by the BJP as a candidate from Basirhat for the Lok Sabha polls. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called her ‘Shakti Swaroopa’.

An undated photo of Rekha Patra, one of the Sandeshkhali victims, whose name has been announced by the BJP as a candidate from Basirhat for the Lok Sabha polls. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called her ‘Shakti Swaroopa’. PTI

BJP's Basirhat candidate Rekha Patra, who had highlighted the plight of women in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali, has lodged a complaint with the National Commission for Women against TMC nominee Debangshu Bhattacharyya for alleged violation of her privacy.

She also shot off a letter to the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, alleging that Bhattacharyya, the TMC nominee from Tamluk Lok Sabha seat and head of the party's social media cell, made the details of her personal information and bank accounts public.

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"Recently, through a post on Debangshu Bhattacharyya's Facebook account, the TMC candidate from Tamluk has shared the private details of my client, such as phone number, bank account details, Swasthya Sathi scheme details, as well as the Duare Sarkar scheme details, which is a clear violation of my client's right to privacy and an outrage to her modesty by making her personal details public," Patra's lawyer said in the letter.

The BJP candidate, through her counsel, urged the commissions to take immediate action against the TMC leader for "violating her right to privacy, outraging her modesty, and breaching provisions of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Protection (Prevention of Atrocities) Act".

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