West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressing doubt concerning the case of a minor woman’s dying, which her household has attributed to gangrape, has created furore within the political circles.
Banerjee yesterday solid doubts on the small print within the gangrape-murder of the 14-year-old woman in Nadia district, searching for to know whether or not {the teenager} was raped or was she already pregnant. She additionally questioned if the Class 9 scholar died after being slapped by somebody.
“The police are yet to understand the cause of the death. I had asked them. Will you call it rape or was she pregnant? Was it (the fallout of) a love affair? Have you enquired about these? This is an unfortunate incident,” Banerjee stated whereas inaugurating the Biswa Banga Mela Prangan in Kolkata.
She stated that her members of the family and native folks knew concerning the affair between the woman and the accused.
“You (girl’s family) also conducted the last rites of the body. I am talking as a layman. From where will they (police) get the evidence whether she was raped or she was pregnant or there was any other reason such as she was slapped by someone after which she fell ill,” Banerjee stated.
Mamata’s assertion attracted sharp reactions from the Opposition events, together with the Congress, CPM and the BJP, calling her remarks “unfortunate” and “insensitive”.
The opposition BJP panned Banerjee for her remark and questioned whether or not her remarks had been geared toward influencing the probe. “Shocking statement by Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, who trivialises the brutal rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl in Nadia’s Hanskhali. She questions the victim and asks if it was a love affair or a case of unplanned pregnancy gone awry! Because the accused is TMC leader’s son,” senior BJP chief and the social gathering’s co-in cost of West Bengal, Amit Malviya, tweeted.
Echoing him, the Leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari stated such sort of feedback solely show how Banerjee is making an attempt to affect the probe and protect the culprits. “When any such incident occurs in BJP-ruled states, she is the first to protest against it. But when similar incidents take place in West Bengal, she tries to shield the culprits. It is shameful that despite being a woman chief minister, she is making such comments. This is the real picture of the lawless situation of Bengal,” he stated.
The CPI(M) and the Congress additionally slammed Banerjee for her feedback. Leader of the Congress social gathering in Lok Sabha and state Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury claimed that a number of such incidents occurring in West Bengal go unreported. “We don’t get to know about them. Now we have come to know about this incident. What has happened is horrific. The ruling party is trying to influence the probe,” he stated.
Senior CPI(M) chief Sujan Chakraborty alleged that the incident proves there may be lawlessness in Bengal.
The ruling TMC condemned the incident however stated it shouldn’t be politicised. “The police are investigating the matter and have also made an arrest. Let the investigation be over. The opposition should not try to politicise the matter,” TMC spokesperson and state normal secretary Kunal Ghosh stated.
The woman’s mom had on Sunday instructed reporters that from the sequence of occasions and after speaking to the folks current on the social gathering, “we are sure she was gang-raped by the accused and his friends.” She additionally alleged {that a} group of individuals forcibly took the minor’s physique for cremation even earlier than her dying certificates was issued.
Meanwhile, a petition was filed earlier than the Calcutta High Court on Monday searching for a CBI probe into the alleged rape and resultant dying of the minor woman. The petitioner’s lawyer stated the matter is prone to be talked about earlier than the courtroom on Tuesday.
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