India, May 30 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday cancelled the bail of four people accused of vandalising the house of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporter and sexually harassing his wife during the 2021 post-poll violence in West Bengal, calling it a "grave attack on the roots of democracy".

A bench of justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta directed the accused to surrender within two weeks. It ordered the trial completion in six months and the state home secretary and police chief to protect the complainant and witnesses.

The bench cancelled the bail on the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)'s appeal, calling the attack dastardly. "The reprehensible manner in which the incident was perpetrated shows the vengeful attitude of the a...