"My conscience is in pain after meeting her..." BJP MP Pratap Chandra Sarangi after meeting Durgapur rape victim - World News Network

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 15 (ANI): BJP MP Pratap Chandra Sarangi on Tuesday expressed that his conscience is in pain after meeting the victim, a second-year student of a private medical college who was allegedly gang-raped in Durgapur.
Speaking to ANI, Sarangi stated that the victim has become psychologically weak and emphasised the need to award strict punishment to the culprits.
“My conscience is in pain after meeting her…She is restless and sad. She has become psychologically, physically and mentally weak…Police have made arrests, but there should be a scientific inquiry…Strictest punishment should be awarded…” said Sarangi.
Earlier, West Bengal Governor Dr CV Ananda Bose met the Durgapur rape victim and her parents at the IQ City Medical College Hospital, where the victim is undergoing treatment. After meeting the victim, he expressed his outrage over the incident and stated that a second renaissance was required in the state.
Speaking to reporters, Governor CV Ananda Bose said, “What has happened is outrageous. It’s shocking to the public conscience. It is high time that all of us stand together and say, ‘stop or we will make it stop’. We will do everything to give justice to the family. I talked to the victim and her parents. What we discussed will remain confidential. Do everything possible to bring justice to the victim and to ensure that such things do not repeat in Bengal society in future. This is not the first of its kind. In the recent past, we had similar experiences. Bengal society led to the renaissance of this nation. We want a second renaissance here.”
He earlier asserted that strong steps would be taken to ensure justice, and it would not be repeated in future.
A second-year student of a private medical college was allegedly gangraped in Durgapur. The survivor is from Jaleswar, Odisha. According to the medical student’s father, she stepped out with a classmate to get something to eat. However, two or three other men arrived and raped her. The classmate, he said then “abandoned her and fled.”
The Durgapur Police on Tuesday made significant progress in the case. Initially, five accused were arrested, and now, the police have apprehended the victim’s friend, marking the sixth arrest in the case.
The Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate stated that the victim’s friend was taken into custody for questioning, and his role in the incident is being investigated.
Earlier, Asansol-Durgapur Commissioner of Police (CP) Sunil Kumar Choudhary said that police have arrested five people in connection with the Durgapur gangrape case, whose presence has been established at the crime scene.
Choudhary also said that a round-the-clock guard has been deployed at the victim’s residence. (ANI)

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