Kolkata: West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Thursday, August 15, hit out at Kolkata Police and accused a section of the police of being politicised and criminalised. CV Ananda Bose on Thursday visited the emergency department in RG Kar Medical College and hopsital after a mob vandalised parts of the hospital campus where a protest was going on by doctors and students over the rape and murder of a female trainee doctor.
“What I saw, what I heard, what I was told and what is reported. The incident which took place here is shocking, shattering and deplorable. It is a shame for Bengal India and humanity. This is the greatest degeneration we have seen around us” the West Bengal governor said.
He further said “The custodians of law have themselves become conspirators. A section of the police is politicised and criminalised. This rot has to end…The government is responsible for this. The first responsibility lies with the government. We want security so that when you go to work at night you are safe…It is nothing but a bloodbath going on.”
Earlier, while speaking to the students He said “You will get justice, I have come here to listen to you personally. I am with you; we will fight out. we shall overcome.”
“We will not allow these ghastly things to be done with our sisters anymore in the state. We are all with you. We will fight it out everywhere” the West Bengal governor added. Assuring fast action in the case, Governor Bose said “We will work together, I will devote myself to your service, This Bengal society, should be made a society where a woman could live happily.”
When students asked him about the actions of the mob that vandalised the medical college premises he said “Let me go to the police and take stock of the situation, I will discuss it with you and get your opinion and then only we will take action”.
Earlier, on Thursday Kolkata Police clarified that the crime scene of the brutal rape and murder of a junior doctor at the RG Kar Medical College in the city had not been disturbed during the mob vandalism that broke out late on the night of August 14.
In a post on ‘X’, the Kolkata Police said, “The crime scene is the seminar room and it has not been touched. Don’t spread unverified news. We will initiate legal action for spreading rumours.”
On Wednesday night, a mob entered the RG Kar hospital campus vandalised the site of the protest and attacked vehicles and public property, forcing security officials to disperse the mob.
On August 9, a post-graduate trainee doctor was found dead in the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. The victim’s family has alleged that she was raped and murdered. This incident has triggered a nationwide protest by doctors and medical fraternities. (With inputs from ANI)
