KOLKATA: Reacting to CM Mamata Banerjee’s claim that “the family was never offered money and such allegations are baseless”, the family of the raped and murdered PGT doctor on Monday stuck to their claim that a police officer as well as the CM had offered them money. The family declined to comment on the SC proceedings.
“The CM said we were lying and asked us to furnish proof.Should we have recorded a video when we were offered money? It is the CM who is making a false accusation. She had said we would receive some money and suggested we create something in memory of my daughter. I replied that I would come and collect it from her office once my daughter receives justice,” the victim’s mother said, adding that DC (North) had offered money after her daughter’s body had reached their Sodepur home on the evening of Aug 9.
Regarding the CM’s call for return to festivities, the mother said: “I find it inhumane because I am the mother. I have lost my child.” She also felt the CM was trying to strangle the movement for justice. “Just as evidence was destroyed, she (the CM) is trying to throttle the voice of protesters,” she said.
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The mother of the RG Kar Medical College rape and murder victim stated that a district official offered money to their family, contradicting West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s denial. Banerjee called these allegations slanderous and part of a conspiracy by the Centre and left parties, while affirming her government’s support for memorializing the victim.
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