New Delhi:
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote a second letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the brutal rape and homicide of a post-graduate trainee physician at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical Faculty and Hospital.
“Chances are you’ll kindly recall my letter No.44-CM dated August 22, 2024 (copy enclosed) concerning the necessity for stringent Central laws on incidents of rape and meting out exemplary punishment to perpetrators of such crimes. No reply was acquired out of your, finish on such a delicate challenge,” Ms Banerjee’s letter learn.
The Bengal Chief Minister expressed disappointment on the lack of a direct response from the Prime Minister to her earlier letter, dated August 22. As an alternative, she acquired a generic reply from the Union Ministry of Girls and Baby Growth, which she deemed insufficient given the gravity of the problem.
I’ve written this letter to the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India in reference to an earlier letter of mine to him. This can be a second letter in that reference. pic.twitter.com/5GXKaX6EOZ
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) August 30, 2024
On August 9, the physique of the trainee physician was discovered contained in the RG Kar hospital premises. In its aftermath, large protests and strikes have been organised by medical doctors throughout the nation with the Supreme Courtroom itself intervening by itself to listen to the case. Amongst these being questioned are the prime accused Sanjay Roy and the previous principal of the faculty Sanjib Ghosh.
Chief Minister Banerjee identified in her letter that her authorities in West Bengal has already taken vital steps to handle the problem. She talked about the institution of ten unique Safety of Kids from Sexual Offences (POCSO) courts, alongside 88 Quick Monitor Particular Courts (FTSCs) and 62 POCSO-designated courts, all funded by the state. Ms Banerjee urged PM Modi to intervene and permit for the appointment of everlasting judicial officers to those courts.
In her August 22 letter to the Prime Minister, Ms Banerjee claimed that 90 rape instances happen each day all through the nation.
In response to the letter, Annapurna Devi, Union Minister for Girls and Baby Growth, wrote that the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, carried out final month, “comprehensively addresses the problems of crimes towards girls by offering stringent punishments”.
Ms Devi alleged that West Bengal had been allotted 123 fast-track courts to deal with instances of rape and youngster abuse, however many of those courts have but to turn out to be operational.
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