Raniganj near Durgapur saw an unprecedented public anger after the rape of a class VI girl.
The girl – a resident of East College Para locality of Raniganj was allegedly dragged by two youths to the nearby Sastigoria Park while she was returning from her school, Basanti Devi Vidyalaya, on Monday at around 2 pm. The two local youths, who are well known Trinamool supporters, raped the girl and left her bruised and unconscious.
School and college students protesting the rape of a girl by TMC men |
The locals and some policemen seeing the girl lying unconscious took the girl to her house. The father and the relatives of the girl went to the local police station in the evening on the same day. But policemen of the police station declined to lodge an FIR naming the two Trinamool supporters. The family of the victim reported that Khurshid Alam, a close aide of local Trinamool Congress MLA, Sohrab Ali was trying to influence the policemen of the police station not to register complaint against the two accused Trinamool supporters.
After that, locals staged a road block on NH 60 near Tarbangla More of Raniganj. At around 10 pm on Monday, police arrested the two accused, identified as Rajat Khan and Kaliya Sheikh. But the locals declined to lift the road blockade as they were demanding assurance of stern action against the accused immediately.
However the police managed to lift the blockade after resorting to mild lathicharge at around 2 am yesterday.
However, when the school opened yesterday, locals and the girl’s family along with those of other students staged another road block in front of the Marwari Sanatan School and the local police station, alleging that female students in schools across Raniganj were not safe. Thay demanded that the two youths be handed over to them or be given exemplary punishment. They also protested against alleged police inaction.
Police initially tried to negotiate with the agitators to call off the stir; when their efforts failed, they resorted to lathi-charge, which set the mob on a rampage spree.
Trinamool Party ofice set on fire by protesters after the rape of a girl by TMC men |
Additional forces from Asansol and Durgapur were moved to Raniganj. The Commissioner of Police of Asansol-Durgapur, Mr Ajay Nand, also rushed to the spot following the incident.
Mr. Nand, suspected foul play. “The FIR was registered and the accused were taken into custody on Monday night itself. It was ridiculous to see further uproar on Tuesday. We suspect it was pre-planned,” he said. The commissioner also reported that the girl had underwent medical tests during the day.
As per the latest report, 54
Hindus including brother of the rape victim (Hindu school girl, student of Class VI of Basanti Devi Balika
Vidayalaya) have been taken into custody. But
the administration seems to be impenitent and this can be ascertained from the
fact that there is no end to nightlong raids on Hindus. Only today, May 2,
2013, a lot of women demonstrated before the police station. Even if there was
no presence of lady police constable then, police lathi-charged women protesting
mercilessly resulting in severe injuries of 8 women. Ranigunj
has become a war zone thus manifesting Islamic fundamentalism beefing up under
political patronage in Bengal will not be
tolerated by resurgent Hindus any more.
source:HinduSamhati
Comments
Post a Comment
Please leave a comment, as it helps us to improve our articles...!