The mother of the RG Kar hospital doctor, who was raped and murdered last year, has appealed for a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking justice for her daughter.
Speaking on International Women’s Day, she raised concerns over the safety of women in West Bengal and questioned the state’s law and order situation.
“I would like to meet the PM and appeal to him to intervene in the matter and look into our appeal for justice for our deceased doctor,” she said.
The 31-year-old junior doctor was raped and murdered at the state-run hospital in Kolkata on 9 August last year, sparking national outrage.
“Our daughter had dreamt big, and we never thought that she would have to die like this. It’s been seven months since she left us, but where is justice? We do not even have the death certificate,” she claimed.
“If a woman doctor is unsafe at her workplace, then where is her security?” she questioned.
Reacting to the bereaved mother’s request, BJP MLA Agnimitra Paul remarked, “There is a process to seek an appointment with the PM. I am sure that our Prime Minister will give them (the parents) some time and listen to their appeal.”
Trinamool Congress leader and state Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya, when contacted, said, “Anybody in this country has the right to seek an appointment with the PM and meet him. But we must not forget that it was our leader Mamata Banerjee who had taken the first step and the culprit was arrested.”
Earlier in February, the parents of the RG Kar Medical College rape and murder victim arrived in Delhi to meet the CBI Director, seeking justice for their daughter.
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Speaking to the media, her father lamented the lack of progress in the case despite seven months having passed. "We were begging for justice, but now we are fighting for it," he said, adding that they had also sent an email to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which they intended to make public.
Expressing frustration over alleged discrepancies in official documents, he pointed out that they had not even received their daughter's death certificate.
He also raised concerns over the misuse of taxpayers' money and the CBI’s decision not to file a chargesheet while two other accused had been granted bail.
A sessions court in Kolkata had sentenced the accused, Kolkata Police civic volunteer Sanjay Roy, to life imprisonment till death on 20 January.
Both the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the state government had filed appeals before the Calcutta High Court, seeking capital punishment for Roy.
The Calcutta High Court, on 7 February, refused to admit the state government’s appeal against the trial court’s verdict but accepted the CBI’s similar plea, keeping the possibility of a harsher sentence open.
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