Kolkata Rape-Murder Case: Victim’s family allege police offered them money, say ‘no responsibility’ taken

KOLKATA: In the latest development in the Kolkata doctor rape-murder case, the family of the victim accused the Kolkata Police of trying to offer them money when they were crying and sitting with the mortal remains of their daughter inside the house.

“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?” said the aunt of the deceased doctor. These allegations came while addressing media persons after the family of the deceased doctor joined protests at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Wednesday night.

Accusing the Kolkata Police for “not fulfilling their responsibility,” the aunt of the deceased doctor said that as soon as the last rites were performed, the police personnel left the family alone and became completely inactive, but before the rituals, around 300-400 police personnel surrounded the family.

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“Till the last rites were not performed, 300-400 policemen surrounded us but after it was performed, not a single policeman was seen there. What would the family do, how would they go home, Police took no responsibility. Police were active till the last rites were performed and after that, they became completely inactive. When the body of the daughter was lying in front of the parents in the house and we were shedding tears, the police were offering money, is this the humanity of police? The Police were saying that they have fulfilled all their responsibilities, is this what is called fulfilling the responsibility?” said the aunt of the deceased doctor.

On Wednesday night, along with the parents of the deceased doctor, hundreds of people in Kolkata switched off their lights at their homes and took to the streets to protest against the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital.

Governor of West Bengal CV Ananda Bose also supported the protest by switching off the lights of the Raj Bhavan and lighting a candle. Talking about his decision to participate in the protest, the deceased doctor’s father told reporters, “We will have to go; what else can we do? Things are happening very slowly; we can’t tolerate it. We have a lot of questions, and we will ask the police the same.” (With inputs from ANI)