The mother of the RG Kar Medical College rape victim have claimed that several political parties, including the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC), approached them with offers to contest the forthcoming West Bengal Assembly elections.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the transfer of the suo moto case it had initiated to monitor the investigation and other issues including formation of a National Task Force (NTF) in connection with the rape of a trainee doctor in RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, to
The father of the RG Kar Medical College victim has strongly contested the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report that labels Kolkata as the safest city in India, calling it a misrepresentation of ground realities.
he father of the RG Kar Medical College rape and murder victim has alleged that his wife was assaulted by women police personnel during the Nabanna Abhiyan rally on August 9. The rally was called to mark the first anniversary of the incident of rape and murder at RG Kar Medical College.
West Bengal Assembly LoP Suvendu Adhikari, who participated in the 'Nabanna Abhiyan' rally on Saturday, targeted Mamata Banerjee by saying that the police under Mamata Banerjee are anti-national and remarked that they attacked the brothers and the sadhu community on the occasion of Raksha
West Bengal Police on Saturday lathi-charged protesters in central Kolkata as they attempted to breach barricades during the 'Nabanna Chalo Abhiyan' march to the state secretariat.
A year after the RG Kar student's rape and murder case, West Bengal braces for a fresh stir as the students and Bharatiya Janata Party leaders will participate in 'Nabanna Abhiyan' protest march on Saturday, demanding justice for the victim.
"...The Chief Minister introduced this bill in the Assembly to deceive the people of West Bengal. She also sent it to the Governor and the President. But they rejected the bill, which is a good thing," he said.
Lashing out at the TMC government for "failing" to protect the women in the state, the Prime Minister said that the injustice is happening under the rule of the party that preaches the values of "Maa, Mati, and Manush."
Pramanik also claimed that the West Bengal Police is trying to mislead the incident like the previous RG Kar rape case, where a female doctor was raped and murder on August 9 in the RG Kar Hospital's seminar room.
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.