The father of the RG Kar Medical College rape and murder victim on Saturday raised concerns over delays in the investigation and alleged administrative lapses.
The West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front took out a protest rally demanding justice for the victim doctor. A trainee post-graduate doctor was raped and murdered in R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, where she was on her night duty on August 9 last year.
BJYM State President Dr. Indranil Khan reacts to the current rape cases in Japaiguri's Fulbari amid a protest rally over alleged atrocities against Women in Kolkata.
A Kolkata court on Saturday remanded Mahaveer Toppannavar, also known as Parmanand Jain, to police custody till July 19 in connection with the alleged rape of a woman at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kolkata campus.
The state also produced the case diary before a division bench comprising Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Smita Das De, which reviewed the victim's statement under Section 183 of the Bharatiya Nyay Samhita (BNS) and the medical records.
Tarun Chugh accused the Mamata government of being a protector of criminals and demanded a thorough investigation into the matter, including the role of the college management.
Rajya Sabha MP Rekha Sharma has sharply criticised the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government over the alleged gangrape of a female law student at South Calcutta Law College, accusing the Trinamool Congress (TMC) of pressuring the police and hampering investigations.
Calling crimes against women in West Bengal a "pattern now," BJP leader Satpal Singh on Monday led a fact-finding team to South Kolkata following the alleged gangrape of a female student inside South Calcutta Law College on June 25.
The alleged gangrape took place on June 25 inside the South Calcutta Law College in Kolkata's Kasba area. The four arrested accused include the main accused, Manojit Mishra. A five-member SIT has been formed to lead the investigation.
"... As a woman and an Indian citizen, I stand with all women who have been victims of such crimes. Politics has been criminalised and criminals are given protection by the ruling party. Now, with political protection, criminals are being appointed to colleges. Making use of that access and
Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav has strongly criticised the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government over the alleged gang rape incident at South Calcutta Law College.
Majumdar pointed out that in the past eight months, two such incidents have occurred, first one the RG Kar rape and murder case and the recent rape of a student at a law college in South Kolkata.