BJP reality discovering staff meets rape sufferer’s household, criticises WB authorities 

By PTI

KOLKATA: A BJP fact-finding staff Friday met the relations of the minor woman in Hanshkhali in Nadia district, who died after being allegedly gang-raped earlier within the month, and slammed the state administration for failing to make sure the security and safety of girls within the state.

The staff members spoke to the relations and the locals, get together sources stated. They will submit their report back to BJP nationwide president J P Nadda, who fashioned the fact-finding committee earlier this week.

The staff comprised of the get together’s vice-president Rekha Verma, nationwide president of BJP Mahila Morcha Vanathi Srinivasan, get together chief Khushbu Sundar and West Bengal MLA Sreerupa Mitra Choudhury, the sources stated.

“Atrocities against women in West Bengal are beyond words. A minor girl was brutally raped and murdered. This proves the administration has failed to ensure the safety and security of women. This is a shameful incident,” Verma informed reporters after assembly the relations.

Echoing her, Mitra Chowdhury stated the staff spoke to the mom of the sufferer and criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for making “irresponsible statements” on it.

“The chief minister who is herself a woman has been making irresponsible statements instead of ensuring that the victim’s family gets justice. Is this expected from a chief minister? The victim’s mother narrated the family’s ordeal. The kind of threat and intimidation the girl’s family members faced is unimaginable,” she stated.

The 14-year-old woman had died after being allegedly gang raped by the son of a ruling TMC panchayat chief at Hanskhali on April 4. Her household lodged the police grievance on April 10 and claimed that the woman’s physique was snatched away and cremated.

The sufferer’s household had additionally alleged they have been threatened with dire consequence by the accused’s household.

Calcutta High Court had handed over the investigation to CBI. Reacting to Verma’s remark, TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh dubbed the allegations as “baseless”.

“The women of the state are safe and secure in West Bengal under the leadership of Mamata Banerjee. BJP is quick to send teams to West Bengal but never bothers to send similar teams to Uttar Pradesh, where rape cases were reported from Hathras and Unnao,” he added.

Ghosh stated the fact-finding staff meant to malign the state and affect the continued CBI probe.

“This fact-finding committee goals to set tips for the central company on how the probe ought to be performed and the way to accuse the state authorities.

Some incidents have taken place and they’re blaming the TMC for it.

It appears they’re but to digest their defeat within the final West Bengal meeting polls,” he stated.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had on April 11 publicly expressed doubt over the reason for the minor woman’s loss of life, which her household attributed to gang rape.

She had claimed that the sufferer was in a relationship with the prime accused and had puzzled whether or not she was pregnant, a remark which opposition events strongly criticised.

Banerjee had additionally puzzled of she died after being slapped by somebody.

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