West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee sparked controversy on Sunday after she appeared to suggest that colleges should stop women from venturing out after dark and the women themselves should avoid
going out at night while commenting on the alleged gangrape of an MBBS student in Durgapur, even as she assured that those guilty would face the strictest punishment.
“The girls should not be allowed to go outside (college) at night. They have to protect themselves also. There is a forest area. Police are searching all the people. Nobody will be excused. Whoever is guilty will be punished strictly,” the Bengal Chief Minister said.
A second-year student of a private medical college was allegedly gangraped in Durgapur. The survivor is from Jaleswar, Odisha.
According to the medical student’s father, she stepped out with a classmates to get something to eat. However, two or three other men arrived and raped her. The classmate, he said then “abandoned her and fled.”
West Bengal Police have arrested three accused in connection with the alleged gangrape of a medical student from Odisha in Durgapur, Asansol-Durgapur Police Commissionerate said on Sunday.
