Kolkata doctor rape-murder: The father’s reaction come a day after the victim’s mother called out Mamata Banerjee for her “insensitive” statement.
Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: The father of a 31-year-old trainee woman doctor, who was allegedly raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, has voiced his dissatisfaction with how West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has managed the case.
The father of the victim also reacted to Mamata Banerjee’s appeal to the public to shift their focus from protests to Durga Puja festivities.
“We think no one will celebrate Durga Puja this year. If someone celebrates, they will not be celebrating with happiness because all the people of Bengal and the country consider my daughter their daughter,” the father told news agency ANI as he turned emotional.
The father’s reaction come a day after the victim’s mother called out Mamata Banerjee for her “insensitive” statement.
“We used to celebrate Durga Puja with our daughter, but we will never celebrate Durga Puja or any other festival for years to come. Her remarks are insensitive,” India Today quoted the victim’s mother as saying. “Let her return our daughter. Would she have said the same had this happened in her family?” she said.
She also accused Mamata Banerjee of attempting to suppress the protests demanding justice for her daughter.
“The lamp at my home has gone out forever,” she added. “They throttled my daughter to death. They are now trying to throttle the demand for justice.”
The father alleged that the Bengal chief minister did not do any work in the case. “They have only arrested Sanjay Roy in the case… We have been saying this since starting that a person from the department involved in this,” the trainee doctor’s father said.
Banerjee’s plea to “return to festivities” came amid ongoing protests across West Bengal and beyond, which have been ongoing for a month. The protests, led by junior doctors and supported by the public, have been demanding swift justice for the doctor who was found semi-naked and brutally murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9.
Banerjee claimed that the protests were causing disruptions and called for calm and a return to normal life.