The father of Durgapur gangrape victim slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for questioning women venturing out at night and said she should "issue fatwa". The father urged the Odisha government to shift the victim to Bhubaneshwar for treatment.
Lashing out at the West Bengal chief minister, the victim's father said, "She has spoken very well. We'll ask her to issue a fatwa tonight that no girl will be allowed to leave her home starting tomorrow morning. That would be good. No girl will go out. No incident will occur. If she can't do the work she should, then she should resign as the chief minister," ANI reported.
The victim's father charged that the chief minister has failed to maintain law and order in the state. "She's not properly monitoring law and order. That's why she's putting the blame on the victim. We find this behaviour very offensive," he added.
A second-year MBBS student studying at a private medical college, hailing from Jaleswar in Odisha's Balasore district, was allegedly gangraped in a jungle near the college during the late hours of Friday. She had reportedly stepped out of the campus to have dinner with friends.
The father of a 23-year-old woman also appealed to the Odisha government to shift her to Bhubaneswar for treatment. "I appeal to Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to help shift my daughter to Bhubaneswar. I fear that her life may be in danger," the father told PTI.
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The student's father said the family felt unsafe in West Bengal and was "too frightened to trust anyone". "They (not taking any name) will kill my daughter. Her health condition has improved, but there is danger to her life. I cannot trust them," he said.
A team of officials from Balasore visited the victim at the hospital in Odisha and inquired about her health condition. |
