BJP fact-finding team meets rape victim’s family, criticises WB government

A BJP reality discovering crew Friday met the members of the family of the minor woman in Hanshkhali in Nadia district, who died after being allegedly gang raped earlier within the month, and slammed the state administration for failing to make sure the security and safety of girls within the state.

The crew members spoke to the members of the family and the locals, celebration sources stated.

They are going to submit their report back to BJP nationwide president J P Nadda, who fashioned the actual fact discovering committee earlier this week.

It comprised of the celebration’s vice-president Rekha Verma, nationwide president of BJP Mahila Morcha Vanathi Srinivasan, celebration chief Khushbu Sundar and West Bengal MLA Sreerupa Mitra Choudhury, the sources stated.

“Atrocities in opposition to girls in West Bengal is past phrases. A minor woman was brutally raped and murdered. This proves the administration has failed to make sure the security and safety of girls. It is a shameful incident,” Verma informed reporters after assembly the members of the family.

The 14-year-old woman had died after being allegedly gang raped by the son of a ruling TMC panchayat chief at Hanskhali on April 4. Her household lodged the police grievance on April 10 and claimed that the woman’s physique was snatched away and cremated. The accused household had additionally been allegedly threatened with dire penalties by the household of the accused.

Calcutta Excessive Courtroom had handed over the investigation to the CBI.

Reacting to Verma’s remark, TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh dubbed the allegations as “baseless”.

“The ladies of the state are secure and safe in West Bengal below the management of Mamata Banerjee. The BJP is fast to ship groups to West Bengal however by no means bothers to ship comparable groups to Uttar Pradesh, the place rape instances have been reported from Hathras and Unnao,” he added.