"Inefficient": Suvendu Adhikari slams West Bengal Police post on injured woman constable

New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI): West Bengal Leader of Opposition and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday slammed the state police force over its post on a women constable, who was injured during a midnight march held in protest against the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 14.
In a post on X, West Bengal police posted, "Wasn't the night Shampa's too? It was meant to be a night for women, when they reclaimed the streets demanding safety at the workplace, in memory of a young woman who fell victim to a horrifying tragedy at her workplace. Our colleague Constable Shampa Pramanik, of the Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate, was in Baguiati on the night of August 14, ensuring the safety of those walking the streets. Suddenly, unprovoked, several bricks came flying from the crowd toward the police, one of which hit Shampa in the face. The accompanying photo was taken in the minutes immediately after she was hit."
The police further said that they have arrested five people in the case, and will try to ensure punishment for them.
Slamming the police and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari said on X that doctors, nurses, and policewomen were not safe as the police were inefficient.
"The night belonged to every woman but unfortunately WB Police and Kolkata Police weren't up to the task of providing security to the ladies. Doctors, nurses, policewomen and the women protesting on the streets had no security because of the inefficient police force who were hand in glove with the TMC Goons and acted as co-conspirators in the pre-planned vandalism," Adhikari said.
"I strongly condemn the brutal attack on her (Trainee C no. 702) by the TMC Goons," he added.
The BJP leader further questioned CM Mamata if the injured woman constable had completed her training.
"Is the training of the injured lady complete? Because my sources say that she is still a trainee and can't be deployed to maintain a law & order situation. If she is a trainee, who is responsible for her illegal deployment on the evening of 14th August? Has the TMC goon been identified who is responsible for such a heinous act?" he added.
On Thursday police said that a mob of between 5,000 and 7,000 people, including several individuals invaded RG Kar Hospital, attacked protesting doctors and medical students, and attempted to ransack the premises on the night of August 14.
Kolkata police on Friday said it has arrested 19 miscreants allegedly involved in the mob violence at the hospital premises.
A nationwide withdrawal of services has been announced by doctors of modern medicine starting from 6 am on Saturday, August 17 to 6 am Sunday, August 18, per the official statement released by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Thursday.
On August 9, a postgraduate trainee doctor was raped and murdered on duty at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata, which has led to nationwide strikes and protests by the medical fraternity. (ANI)