FIR against India’s Roopa Ganguly for controversial rape remark

A First Information Report (FIR) has been lodged against India’s BJP Rajya Sabha MP Roopa Ganguly and a police inquiry was initiated against state BJP President Dilip Ghosh for their utterances against the West Bengal government, reports Times of India.

The FIR was lodged against Ganguly on Friday for her reportedly controversial remark that wives and daughters in Bengal cannot survive for 15 days without getting raped, Times of India reports quoting a senior police officer.

"Roopa Ganguly has been booked for making statements conducing public mischief, criminal intimidation and for outraging the modesty of a woman. We are conducting a probe into the matter," the police officer was quoted as saying.

Ganguly speaking to a news channel in the national capital had reportedly said, "I dare all the parties, the ones who keep flattering the Bengal government and Trinamool Congress to send their daughters, wives, and sister-in-laws to Bengal without taking any hospitality from Mamata Banerjee. If they are able to survive for 15 days without getting raped, then tell me."