By means of PTI
KOLKATA: West Bengal Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday expressed doubt about the reason for a minor woman’s dying which her circle of relatives attributed to gang rape, and questioned if the category 9 scholar of Hanskhali in Nadia district died after a fall after being slapped through anyone.
Announcing that the sufferer had an affair with the accused, a Trinamool Congress chief’s son who used to be arrested, Banerjee questioned if she used to be pregnant.
The manager minister additionally requested why the lady’s members of the family lodged a police criticism 5 days after her dying and cremating the frame.
Opposition events described Banerjee’s remark as “stunning” and alleged that she seeks to protect the accused as he’s the son of a pace-setter of her birthday celebration.
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar sought an pressing file from the state leader secretary at the alleged gang rape and dying of the minor woman. The woman died after she used to be allegedly gang-raped at a birthday celebration on the space of the accused on April 5.
She used to be bleeding profusely when she returned house and died later that evening, in line with her folks who lodged a police criticism on April 10.
“The police are but to know the reason for the dying. I had requested them. Will you name it rape or used to be she pregnant? Used to be it (the fallout of) a love affair? Have you ever enquired about those? That is an unlucky incident,” Banerjee mentioned whilst inaugurating the Biswa Banga Mela Prangan right here.
She mentioned that her members of the family and native other folks knew in regards to the affair between the lady and the accused. “You (woman’s circle of relatives) additionally carried out the final rites of the frame. I’m speaking as a layman. From the place will they (police) get the proof whether or not she used to be raped or she used to be pregnant or there used to be some other explanation why akin to she used to be slapped through anyone and then she fell sick,” Banerjee mentioned.
An in depth investigation is being performed, she mentioned including that she’s going to ask the state fee for cover of kid rights to absorb the case. “I would not have any phrase to sympathise with the circle of relatives,” Banerjee mentioned.
Those that are in relationships will have to be wary in order that other folks within the guise of being buddies can’t hurt them, she added.
The woman died on April 5 and the police were given the ideas on April 10, the TMC supremo mentioned and requested about the reason for the extend.
Banerjee additionally alleged {that a} phase of the media is attempting to tarnish the picture of West Bengal however she would lay down her existence to offer protection to her “motherland”.
She wondered why the Press Membership Kolkata, in addition to the Press Council of India, are silent when seven newshounds have been stripped to their lingerie in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly writing experiences in opposition to the BJP executive.
The opposition BJP panned Banerjee for her remark and questioned whether or not her remarks have been aimed toward influencing the probe.
“Surprising remark through Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, who trivialises the brutal rape and homicide of a 14-year-old woman in Nadia’s Hanskhali. She questions the sufferer and asks if it used to be a love affair or a case of unplanned being pregnant long past awry! Since the accused is TMC chief’s son,” senior BJP chief and the birthday celebration’s co-in rate of West Bengal, Amit Malviya, tweeted.
Echoing him, the Chief of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari mentioned such roughly feedback best turn out how Banerjee is attempting to steer the probe and protect the culprits.
“When this kind of incident happens in BJP-ruled states, she is the primary to protest in opposition to it. But if identical incidents happen in West Bengal, she tries to protect the culprits. It’s shameful that in spite of being a girl leader minister, she is making such feedback. That is the actual image of the lawless state of affairs of Bengal,” he mentioned.
The CPI(M) and the Congress additionally slammed Banerjee for her feedback.
Chief of the Congress birthday celebration in Lok Sabha and state Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury claimed that a number of such incidents going down in West Bengal pass unreported.
“We do not get to learn about them. Now we’ve got come to learn about this incident. What has took place is horrific. The ruling birthday celebration is attempting to steer the probe,” he mentioned.
Senior CPI(M) chief Sujan Chakraborty alleged that the incident proves there’s lawlessness in Bengal.
The ruling TMC condemned the incident however mentioned it will have to now not be politicised.
“The police are investigating the topic and feature additionally made an arrest. Let the investigation be over. The opposition will have to now not attempt to politicise the topic,” TMC spokesperson and state basic secretary Kunal Ghosh mentioned.
The woman’s mom had on Sunday advised newshounds that from the collection of occasions and after chatting with the folk provide on the birthday celebration, “we’re certain she used to be gang-raped through the accused and his buddies”.
She additionally alleged {that a} workforce of other folks forcibly took the minor’s frame for cremation even ahead of her dying certificates used to be issued.
In the meantime, a petition used to be filed ahead of the Calcutta Prime Court docket on Monday in search of a CBI probe into the alleged rape and resultant dying of the minor woman. The petitioner’s legal professional mentioned the topic might be discussed ahead of the courtroom on Tuesday.
