Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday demanded resignation of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee after a pre-teen girl was allegedly raped and murdered and dumped in a marshi land in South 24 Parganas.
” Mamata Must Resign,” Adhikari began to allege that ” It seems that WB
Police haven’t learned anything from the unfortunate RG Kar incident
when a 31-year-old PGT Doctor was found raped and murdered.”
The Nandigram MLA said the class IV student of Mahishmari area in
Joynagar in South 24-Parganas district, who was on her way to tuition
class was missing since yesterday afternoon. The family members along
with some neighbours went to the Police Camp to report the On Duty
Police personnel.
” Rather than responding quickly, the said Police personnel seemed
uninterested and were trying to sidetrack from their responsibility.
Later on the villagers themselves launched a search operation for the
missing child and found the child’s body at dawn from a pond at
Mahishmari,” the BJP leader alleged in his X handle.
He said had the Police been active, the child could have been rescued
alive, but unfortunately the child paid with her life because the
Police allegedly were reluctant to perform their duty.
He said the angry villagers thereafter set ablaze the Police Camp in
frustration. ” Their anger is justified as they feel that the child
was raped before murder. If the Police who were in the Camp showed
some empathy and tried to find the girl yesterday, the girl could have
been saved and the same villagers would have garlanded them in
appreciation.
” Later on the villagers marched towards the Police Station where a
scuffle broke out between the villagers and the cops.”
Adhikari said the police have arrested one suspect but it was not
enough to calm the irritated villagers who laid siege near police
station this morning, hours after the body was found.
The whole situation could have been avoided if the Police could have
just done their duty yesterday.
” The State Govt, Administration, Top Cops are always paying lip
service how the State is safe for women and how CCTVs are being
installed and preparedness is being increased to enhance women safety,
but in reality no one is monitoring the CCTVs when it is actually
required in real time and the Police are just planning how to suppress
any spontaneous protest with brute force, ” Adhikari claimed.
