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Is foreign media being 'selective' in taking up the Kolkata rape-murder issue and protest ? )
PARENTS KEPT WAITING AND A RUSHED CREMATION
If the loss of a dear child wasn't a tragedy enough, the parents of the victim were made to wait for three hours to see her body. She alleged that she was made to wait for over three hours at the hospital to see their daughter's body.
- India Today
The victim's mother even accused the Kolkata Police of typing to" close the investigation as fast as possible" and not cooperating with the family.
It was even pointed out by protesting doctors and opposition parties that the Kolkata Police did not even initiate a proper investigation. The victim's body was hastily cremated even while the investigation was under way. The father of the trainee doctor claimed that his daughter was cremated in haste despite two more bodies being present there.
The police directed them to carry out the cremation on priority as a huge crowd gathered at the crematorium, an official told IndiaToday TV.
It is no secret that the Kolkata and West Bengal Police are under the thumb of Mamata and other Trinamool leaders, but the rape-murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor in Kolkata highlighted the extent of complicity.
Firstly, police initially informed the victim's parents that she had taken her own life, only to later reveal that she had been raped and murdered. The gross mismanagement of information and the subsequent cover-up attempts raised serious questions about the police's credibility and commitment to justice.
Furthermore, the police have been accused of destroying evidence, including a diary kept by the victim that may have contained crucial details about her harassers.
The victim's father alleged that a page from the diary was found to be torn.
Adding to the charges of insensitivity was the compensation of Rs 10 lakh that was offered to the victim's family by Mamata Banerjee. What could be more disheartening than offering Rs 10 lakh to the victim's parents when all they sought was justice, not compensation?
"The Chief Minister speaks at length, walking the streets demanding justice for my daughter. Yet, at the same time, she attempts to suppress public anger. Why is she engaging in duplicity? Is she afraid of people? We have questions that need answers," the victim's father said.
ATTEMPT TO COVER UP THE KOLKATA RAPE-MURDER CASE
Starting with the initial investigation on the day of the crime, the case has been marred by allegations of attempts to cover up the truth.
The Left and the Bharatiya Janata Party have also criticised the West Bengal government, led by Mamata Banerjee, for its handling of the case.
There was an attempt to bury the rape-murder as a suicide.
Despite the discovery of the junior doctor's half-naked body in the seminar room of RG Kar Medical College, there was a desperate attempt to downplay the horrific event as a suicdide.
The victim, whose body was discovered with signs of multiple injuries, was initially reported to have taken her own life by hospital officials. However, a subsequent autopsy revealed that she had been raped by more than one person, and murdered brutally.
Sixteen external and nine internal injury marks, death due to manual strangulation and smothering, and forceful penetration—these are among the grim findings of the post-mortem report of the junior doctor.
All of this was attempted to sweep under the rug.
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court also questioned the delay in registering an FIR following the rape and murder of the trainee doctor. It was only the subsequent autopsy report which revealed the true nature of the crime.
Key quotes of the Supreme Court during the hearing:
"One girl lost her life and she was raped and murdered by a sexual pervert who is an animal-like accused."
"What is equality under the Constitution if women can't be safe in their workplace and are being denied basic equality?"
"Not every time, there is a rape and murder should the conscience of the country be awakened."
"What was the police doing when the mob entered and vandalised the hospital, which is a serious offence."
"Seven hundred resident doctors were there in RG Kar Hospital, now only 30-40 female doctors and 60 male doctors remain and CISF shall be deployed to guard the facility."
"Nurses and female doctors are left to fend themselves and attend to unruly people, have no restroom facilities, no transportation to reach back home after long shifts and no CCTVs for safety."
"Doctors, lawyers, women and others are protesting peacefully and let not the power of the state be unleashed on these peaceful protesters."
"Name and photos of the victim were circulated without regard to her dignity and privacy and there are judgments on not revealing the identity of the victim."
"Sexual violence has had its origin even within institutions, with the Aruna Shanbaug case being in point."
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