NEW DELHI: The embattled Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal on Thursday asked the opposition parties in the state not to do “vulture politics over a dead body” like they have done several times in the past. The Mamata Banerjee government was reacting to allegations that state police tried to bribe the parents of trainee doctor, who was raped and murdered at Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital last month.It warned the opposition not to put pressure on the victim’s family to take political advantage.
“A lot of fake videos are circulating. Yesterday one such video went viral. We have solidarity with the victim’s family and they are going through a difficult period. A video has emerged that police offered money to them to vitiate the case. Another video has emerged where the parents have called the video fake. We all want justice. We want the political parties not to extend their pressure to the family and take political advantage. We have seen the opposition parties do vulture politics over dead bodies in the past. We want to appeal to them this is not the time for such politics. We are all together in pursuit of justice,” West Bengal minister Shashi Panja said.
The family of the victim, which joined the protest at the RG Kar Hospital on Wednesday night, have accused the police of trying to offer them money when they were crying and sitting with the mortal remains of their daughter. “When the body of the daughter was lying in front of the parents in the house, the police were offering money, is this the humanity of the police?” the aunt of the deceased doctor had said yesterday.
The Trinamool Congress, meanwhile, accused the BJP of exacerbating the distress of the victim’s parents by politicising the issue. “The BJP is not seeking justice, but only trying to use the tragedy for political gains,” the minister said. Panja emphasised that the victim’s parents are solely seeking justice, and urged that politics should not interfere with this pursuit.
“When everyone is crying for justice including the Trinamool Congress, politics should not come into play. We want speedy justice and exemplary punishment for the culprit or culprits,” Panja said, adding the CBI is currently investigating the case, and the Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognizance of the incident.
The Trinamool Congress also questioned the delay in investigations on the part of CBI, which is probing the case on the instructions of Calcutta high court. West Bengal education minister and senior TMC leader Bratya Basu said despite Kolkata Police handing over all relevant documents to the CBI 23 days ago, there has been no significant progress or communication from the agency. He questioned the CBI’s lack of transparency and the BJP’s claims of evidence tampering.
“The BJP has been saying that evidence has been tampered with. We want to know what evidence had been tampered with. Why this silence on the part of the CBI?” he asked.
The BJP, however, hit back at chief minister Mamata Banerjee and accused her police of spreading fake news. “Earlier, Kolkata police was sending summons to the people saying that they are spreading fake news. Now, we can see that Kolkata police itself was spreading fake news regarding the renovation work that was carried out at the hospital immediately after the incident. The CM should be inquired first to get to the truth. It was an organised crime and Sandip Ghosh has big names with him,” BJP leader Locket Chatterjee said. The party has kept the pressure on the West Bengal government and has demanded the resignation of chief minister Mamata Banerjee.
(With inputs from agencies)
“A lot of fake videos are circulating. Yesterday one such video went viral. We have solidarity with the victim’s family and they are going through a difficult period. A video has emerged that police offered money to them to vitiate the case. Another video has emerged where the parents have called the video fake. We all want justice. We want the political parties not to extend their pressure to the family and take political advantage. We have seen the opposition parties do vulture politics over dead bodies in the past. We want to appeal to them this is not the time for such politics. We are all together in pursuit of justice,” West Bengal minister Shashi Panja said.
The family of the victim, which joined the protest at the RG Kar Hospital on Wednesday night, have accused the police of trying to offer them money when they were crying and sitting with the mortal remains of their daughter. “When the body of the daughter was lying in front of the parents in the house, the police were offering money, is this the humanity of the police?” the aunt of the deceased doctor had said yesterday.
The Trinamool Congress, meanwhile, accused the BJP of exacerbating the distress of the victim’s parents by politicising the issue. “The BJP is not seeking justice, but only trying to use the tragedy for political gains,” the minister said. Panja emphasised that the victim’s parents are solely seeking justice, and urged that politics should not interfere with this pursuit.
“When everyone is crying for justice including the Trinamool Congress, politics should not come into play. We want speedy justice and exemplary punishment for the culprit or culprits,” Panja said, adding the CBI is currently investigating the case, and the Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognizance of the incident.
The Trinamool Congress also questioned the delay in investigations on the part of CBI, which is probing the case on the instructions of Calcutta high court. West Bengal education minister and senior TMC leader Bratya Basu said despite Kolkata Police handing over all relevant documents to the CBI 23 days ago, there has been no significant progress or communication from the agency. He questioned the CBI’s lack of transparency and the BJP’s claims of evidence tampering.
“The BJP has been saying that evidence has been tampered with. We want to know what evidence had been tampered with. Why this silence on the part of the CBI?” he asked.
The BJP, however, hit back at chief minister Mamata Banerjee and accused her police of spreading fake news. “Earlier, Kolkata police was sending summons to the people saying that they are spreading fake news. Now, we can see that Kolkata police itself was spreading fake news regarding the renovation work that was carried out at the hospital immediately after the incident. The CM should be inquired first to get to the truth. It was an organised crime and Sandip Ghosh has big names with him,” BJP leader Locket Chatterjee said. The party has kept the pressure on the West Bengal government and has demanded the resignation of chief minister Mamata Banerjee.
(With inputs from agencies)
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