Kolkata rape-murder case: CM of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee demands hanging of culprits

Mamata Banerjee supported the Calcutta High Court’s decision to transfer the case to the CBI.

The horrifying and enraging incident of a trainee doctor’s rape and murder at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on August 9 has shaken the entire nation. People are on the streets for protests and demanding immediate action on the heinous crime. Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal, addressed the media recently on the matter after meeting the parents of the victim, a postgraduate trainee doctor who was sexually assaulted and killed.

Mamata Banerjee on the Kolkata rape-murder case.

On Wednesday, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee urged the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to solve the Kolkata rape-murder case and facilitate the hanging of the culprits by Sunday, August 18. She also claimed that the state police had completed 90 percent of the investigation. She said, “Within Sunday (18th August), CBI has to facilitate the hanging of the guilty and complete the entire probe. Our Kolkata Police has completed 90 percent of the probe.” She also welcomed the Calcutta High Court’s decision to transfer the case to the CBI.

Case to be transferred to the CBI.

On Tuesday, Calcutta High Court ordered that the investigation into the case be transferred to the CBI from Kolkata Police. Speaking at a Trinamool Congress (TMC) programme in Behala, she said, “We will abide by the Calcutta high court’s order and extend all support to the CBI. We have no problem with the CBI taking over the case, as we want it solved as soon as possible.”

Mamata Banerjee also urged junior doctors and interns to return to work, who’ve been on strike for six days, and highlighted, “I urge doctors to resume work. You have been protesting for several days, and I haven’t interfered. But you must remember your duty to serve the people, as you have taken an oath. Three people have died, including a minor and a pregnant woman. If it pleases you, I will touch your feet and request that you return to your duties.”