Woman MLA Bima Bharati battered by husband: is this what awaits women politicians, councilors and mukhiyas in coming days? Patna: Bihar is shocked by the violent attack on Bima Bharati, a JD[U] MLA recently elected from Rupauli. As these words get written, she lies seriously injured at the Patna Medical College Hospital[PMCH]. Things moved swiftly after the 15th December when Purnia SP Nayyar Hasnain Khan received a call from a traumatized MLA seeking his assistance. She was found senseless on the bed at her home with multiple fractures and injuries all over the body, police said. The brief...