In her complaint to the Burdwan police, she said that she was cooking at her home at Ryan gram panchayat when four anti-social elements barged in during a power cut yesterday.
They forcibly took her to the adjoining cowshed and attempted to rape her when she managed to run away, she stated in her complaint.
The woman, a former CPI-M member, along with her husband today went to the Burdwan police and lodged a complaint.
In the complaint, she stated that she suspected involvement of persons associated with the Trinamool Congress.