“Attempt to save accused instead of providing justice to victim…”: Rahul Gandhi hit out at Bengal govt over doctor’s rape-murder

New Delhi: Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi took aim at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the sexual assault and death of a female trainee doctor at Kolkata’s hospital and said that the attempt was made to save the accused instead of providing justice to the victim raises serious questions on the hospital and the local administration.

Calling for serious punishment for the accused in the death and rape of the doctor at Kolkata’s hospital, Rahul Gandhi, in a post on X, mentioned that the entire country is shocked by the gruesome incident of the rape and murder of a junior doctor in Kolkata.

कोलकाता में जूनियर डॉक्टर के साथ हुई रेप और मर्डर की वीभत्स घटना से पूरा देश स्तब्ध है। उसके साथ हुए क्रूर और अमानवीय कृत्य की परत दर परत जिस तरह खुल कर सामने आ रही है, उससे डॉक्टर्स कम्युनिटी और महिलाओं के बीच असुरक्षा का माहौल है।

पीड़िता को न्याय दिलाने की जगह आरोपियों को…

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) August 14, 2024

“The way the layers of the inhuman act against her are being revealed, there is an atmosphere of insecurity among the doctors’ community and women. The attempt to save the accused instead of providing justice to the victim raises serious questions on the hospital and the local administration,” he said.

“This incident has forced us to think that if doctors are not safe in a place like medical college, then how can parents send their daughters outside for studies? Why are even the strict laws made after the Nirbhaya case unsuccessful in preventing such crimes?” the LoP questioned.

Further, the Congress MP asserted that every party, every section of the society will have to hold serious discussions and take concrete steps on the continuously increasing incidents against women from Hathras to Unnao, and from Kathua to Kolkata.

“I stand with the victim’s family in this unbearable pain. They should get justice at all costs and the culprits should be given such a punishment that it is presented as an example in the society,” he added.

Earlier today, the West Bengal Police brought Sanjoy Roy, the alleged accused in the rape and murder of a post-graduate trainee (PGT) doctor, to the Central Government Offices (CGO) Complex in Kolkata on Wednesday.

Following an order from the Calcutta High Court, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken over the case and dispatched a specialized medical and forensic team from Delhi.

According to CBI sources, a special team of medical officers and forensic experts from Delhi has reached the crime scene in Kolkata, where the doctor was allegedly raped.

The post-graduate trainee doctor was found dead in the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on August 9. The victim’s family has alleged that she was raped and murdered.