The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced today that it has set up a four-member fact-finding committee to investigate the alleged gangrape of a 24-year-old law student at a private college in Kolkata, a shocking incident that has sparked national outrage.
Addressing a press conference here, BJP national spokesperson and MP Sambit Patra said the party has taken serious note of the disturbing case, which reportedly involves individuals associated with the student wing of the ruling Trinamool party in West Bengal.
“BJP President JP Nadda has constituted a fact-finding team comprising senior leaders and Members of Parliament to look into the matter and submit a detailed report,” Patra said.
The committee includes former Union Ministers Satpal Singh and Meenakshi Lekhi, along with Rajya Sabha MP and former Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, and senior advocate and MP Manan Kumar Mishra. The panel is expected to visit the site of the incident in Kolkata’s Kasba area and engage with the survivor, local authorities, and the college administration.
The BJP has alleged that the accused has political patronage and the criminal cases are on increase in the State led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
According to police sources, the alleged assault took place on the evening of June 15 inside the premises of South Calcutta Law College. The survivor, a first-year student, has claimed that she was attacked by three men inside a room used by the security staff, after the guard was forced out. Two of the accused reportedly restrained her while the third committed the assault.
