MBBS student gangrape case: Bengal health dept orders probe, seeks report from medical college
Kolkata: The West Bengal health department has taken suo motu cognisance of the Durgapur's medical college MBBS student gangrape case.
The authorities have sought a report from a private medical college and hospital in Durgapur after a 2nd year MBBS student allegedly gang-raped outside the campus last night, official sources informed UNI
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that a 23-year-old MBBS student, the resident of Jaleswar in Odisha, was allegedly raped after being abducted by some unidentified men when she stepped outside her college campus with a male classmate to eat in the industrial Durgapur in West Bengal's West Bardhaman district recently.
State health principal secretary Narayan Swaroop Nigam said that Director of Medical Education Indrajit Saha sent a notice to the hospital in Durgapur and sought a detailed report.
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The crime was reported when she, who along with her a male classmate, went out of campus around 9 pm to eat out, a group of unidentified men surrounded them and abducted her leaving out the male student. They dragged her to a nearby forest where one of them allegedly raped her.
Police said they were already probing the allegation and interrogated some suspects, including the friend who fled from the scene leaving her female classmate in the hands of the perpetrators.
Police have arrested three persons in connection with the case. Meanwhile, a political uproar erupted over the comments of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee when she suggested women should not go out at night. She was interacting with the media persons, on the alleged gang rape of a second year private medical college MBBS student in Durgapur at Kolkata Airport premises, before going to North Bengal. She said an investigation in this case is going on and all the accused will be punished.
The Bengal CM said in her first response to the gang rape of the medical student outside her Durgapur college campus, "She was studying in a private medical college. Whose responsibility is it? How did she come out at 12.30 at night? Students staying in hostels, especially those who have come to West Bengal to study from outside, are expected to follow the rules of the hostels. They should avoid venturing out late at night, although they have the fundamental right to go wherever they want."
Addressing the media, Banerjee said that "a girl should not be allowed to go out at night," while adding that it was unfair to blame her government since the incident took place at a private medical college. Banerjee said the medical institution concerned also bears responsibility for the incident.
The National Commission for Women (NCW) Chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar has written to the West Bengal DGP seeking the immediate arrest of the accused. The NCW has taken suo motu cognizance of the incident. In a social media post, NCW has informed that it has asked for an action taken report within 5 days.
