The incident occurred on Wednesday night near the victim’s house in Hathat Colony, under the Khargrabari-1 gram panchayat of Maynaguri.

The release of water from the barrages has resulted in rising the water level of the Teesta and because of that there is a threat of flood in areas on both sides of Teesta in Jalpaiguri district, an official of the irrigation department said.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Dipak Sarkar informed that the arrests, made on Tuesday, included Shambhu Das, Debashish Sarkar, Shambhu Mahato, Samuel Baidya, and Rajiv.

Voting was held in Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri and Alipurduars parliamentary constituencies on Friday, amid sporadic incidents of violence.

West Bengal has a long history of political rivalry. But that cannot uphold the narrative of violence.

TMC and BJP lodged 80 and 39 complaints, respectively, over clash reported from three LS constituencies that went to polls on April 19.

Accusing the BJP of politicising the issue, Banerjee vehemently defended her Trinamool Congress (TMC) government's actions in addressing the reported cases of sexual abuse.