Woman taken hostage and assaulted by three civic volunteers in Bengal; one held

The woman from Cooch Behar's Mekhliganj was kept hostage at a rented apartment in Jalpaiguri's Dhupguri for three days and raped repeatedlyA young woman was allegedly taken captive and raped repeatedly over three days last week by three civic volunteers in Dhupguri, West Bengal, according to local officials. Police have arrested one of the perpetrators while two others are at large.According to the officials, the three accused abducted the victim from Mekhliganj village in Cooch Behar and took her to a rented accommodation in Jalpaiguri's Dhupguri locality.“She was kept hostage for three days and raped repeatedly before being released on Sunday (August 2, 2026). Initially, she was too terrified to approach law enforcement, but she finally lodged an FIR against them on Wednesday (August 5),