Archive · 13 Aug 2025
Women Attempt Self-Immolation at Calcutta High Court
Three women tried to set themselves on fire in front of a courthouse to get attention to their complaints.
They said a local cooperative society was corrupt.
They had put money in the society, but didn't get it back.
They were also angry because their names weren't on the list that decides who can vote.
Police stopped them, took them to the hospital, and are looking into what happened.
Three women attempted self-immolation outside the Calcutta High Court.
The women protested alleged corruption and voter list manipulation by a cooperative society.
The women were members of Amgachhia Srishti Sangha Primary Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society Ltd.
They claimed the cooperative society failed to honor commitments and omitted their names from the voter list.
Police intervened, took the women to SSKM Hospital, and launched an investigation.
- Who
- Three women, members of the Amgachhia Srishti Sangha Primary Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society Ltd.
- What
- Three women attempted self-immolation.
- When
- Tuesday
- Where
- Outside the Calcutta High Court.
- Why
- To protest alleged corruption, voter list manipulation, and financial grievances by the cooperative society.
Protesters' Grievances
Cooperative Society
Financial Issues
Protesters' Grievances
The cooperative society failed to honor commitments.
Cooperative Society
Not available in the article.
Voter List
Protesters' Grievances
Names were deliberately omitted from the voter list.
Cooperative Society
Not available in the article.
- Location
- Calcutta High Court
- Incident
- Attempted self-immolation
- People Involved
- Three women
- Hospital
- SSKM Hospital
- Cooperative Society
- Amgachhia Srishti Sangha Primary Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society Ltd
- Reason for Protest
- Corruption, voter list manipulation, and financial grievances.
