Trinamool MP Saugata Roy speaks out on crimes in opposition to girls in Bengal, birthday party colleagues hit again at him

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KOLKATA:  Amid the furore over the alleged gangrape and homicide of a minor lady in West Bengal’s Hanskhali, the ruling Trinamool Congress is witnessing distinction of opinion amongst its leaders.

Whilst MP Saugata Roy expressed fear over crimes once more girls within the state dominated through a girl CM, some other MP mentioned the issued can’t be tied to the CM’s gender. 

“Everybody is anxious in regards to the crimes in opposition to girls. I don’t know if it is on account of media protection or now not. However everyone seems to be expressing his or her fear over the problem. We can have to make sure 0 tolerance in this factor. In a state the place the executive minister is a girl, if one of these unmarried incident takes position, it’s going to be shameful to everybody. I be expecting the police management to stay an eye,” mentioned Roy whilst attending a programme in his Dum Dum constituency.

His remark comes days after a minor lady died after being allegedly gang raped through the son of a ruling TMC panchayat chief at Hanskhali and Calcutta Prime Courtroom passed over the investigation into it to the CBI.

The court docket has additionally directed that investigation into 4 contemporary rape instances in numerous portions of the state can be finished beneath the supervision of senior IPS officer Damayanti Sen, who’s at the present a distinct commissioner of Kolkata Police.

Reacting to his remark, birthday party MP Satabdi Roy mentioned “I do not believe what Sougata Roy mentioned is correct. Does the executive minister need such incidents to happen? All we will be able to say is that such incidents are shameful.”

“What does he imply through girls leader minister? Does having a male leader minister justify the crimes in opposition to girls? The state govt has taken all essential motion to regulate crime in opposition to girls,” she mentioned.

Echoing her, TMC state vice-president Jay Prakash Majumdar mentioned that atrocities in opposition to girls are shameful for all the society.

“It’s condemnable without reference to having a girls leader minister or a male leader minister,” he mentioned.

Section state basic secretary and spokesperson Kunal Ghosh asserted that ladies are secure and safe in West Bengal beneath Banerjee’s management.

“I do not wish to touch upon what he (Roy) has mentioned. The ladies of the state are secure and safe in West Bengal beneath the management of Mamata Banerjee. The executive minister herself directed the police to take stern motion,” he mentioned.

The opposition events requested Roy to percentage this piece of “recommendation” with Banerjee as an alternative of constructing statements in public.

“No matter he has mentioned is correct. However he will have to say this to his birthday party supremo Mamata Banerjee and ask her to prevent the lawless state of affairs within the state. Till and except he does that, it sort of feels his feedback are an try to play to the gallery,” BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar mentioned.

Echoing him, state Congress president Adhir Chowdhury questioned whether or not Roy would additionally condemn the statements made through the executive minister.

“Roy has been pronouncing many stuff that sound tune to our ears. However will he condemn the statements made through the executive minister after the Hanskhali incident? He will have to do this first,” Chowdhury, additionally the chief of the Congress in Lok Sabha, mentioned.

Banerjee had, on April 11, publicly expressed doubt over the reason for the minor lady’s loss of life, which her circle of relatives attributed to gang rape and had questioned if she died after being slapped through somebody.

She had claimed that the sufferer was once in a dating with the accused and had questioned whether or not she was once pregnant, a remark which was once roundly criticized through opposition events.

Senior CPI (M) chief Sujan Chakraborty welcomed Roy’s observation however questioned whether or not he would say it to Banerjee.

“It sort of feels he has learned that Bengal has earned a foul popularity for its lawless state of affairs. However he will have to first ask the executive minister to ascertain the rule of thumb of legislation within the state,” he mentioned.

The minor lady, a pupil of same old 9, was once allegedly gang raped on April 4 at a birthday celebration on the area of a TMC panchayat chief’s son at Hanskhali in Nadia district, in step with a police grievance filed through her oldsters.

She bled to loss of life hours later, the grievance mentioned.

The lady’s father has claimed that the son of the panchayat chief had snatched his daughter’s frame at gunpoint and cremated her.

The lady’s oldsters have additionally alleged that they had been threatened with dire penalties in the event that they reported the incident to the police.

Two individuals, together with the TMC chief’s son, had been arrested up to now in reference to the case.

DGP Manoj Malviya was once sharing the degree with Roy on the match. On the other hand, birthday party MP Shatabdi Roy disagreed together with her veteran colleague.

Previous, CM Mamata Banerjee’s commentary in regards to the incident — if the sufferer and the accused had been in a dating had attracted flak.

CBI sleuths on Thursday broke open the lock and searched the place of dwelling of the top accused within the alleged gang rape rape case, an officer of the probe frame mentioned.

The home is the place the alleged crime was once dedicated on April 4 and the investigating company accumulated samples from there sooner than locking the home, he mentioned.

The CBI sleuths had been accompanied through staff of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory and all the seek operation and proof assortment had been videographed, he mentioned.

The hunt persevered until overdue on Thursday night time because of an influence lower within the house.

The central investigating company has been directed through Calcutta Prime Courtroom to probe the incident wherein the top accused is the son of a ruling TMC chief of Hanskhali panchayat.

“The ability lower slowed our seek operation on the area. Now we have accumulated a number of samples from the room the place the alleged crime was once performed. They’ll be despatched for forensic assessments,” the CBI officer mentioned.

Throughout the CBI seek locals approached its sleuths and claimed that the boys and boys of the world are being threatened through the circle of relatives and accomplices of the accused.

In addition they asked for defense.

The district police has already arrested the top accused Sohail Goyali and his good friend Prabhakar Poddar.

The CBI crew, which has two girl officials, is predicted to habits some other spherical of seek operation on the place of dwelling of the accused and its surrounding house on Friday in reference to the investigation within the crime, the officer mentioned.

The crew had reached Hanshkhali on Wednesday night time and picked up the case diary and different paperwork associated with the probe performed through the district police.

“We might move and meet the fogeys the lady on Friday and file their observation,” the officer mentioned.

The lady’s father had claimed on Wednesday that the accused had snatched his daughter’s frame at gunpoint and cremated her.

The circle of relatives had lodged the police grievance on April 10.

(With PTI Inputs)