Moumita Debnath

 

                                          Moumita  Debnath

            A man allegedly exposed himself to a woman during a protest against the Kolkata rape-murder case, sparking outrage when the police allowed him to walk free after being apprehended by other demonstrators. The incident took place near the Esplanade crossing, one of Kolkata’s busiest intersections, during a protest organized to demand justice in the unresolved case .

                                              

                                                          (Moumita Debnath)

           On 9 August 2024, Moumita Debnath, a trainee doctor at R. G. Kar Medical College in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, was raped and murdered in a college building. Her body was found in a seminar room on campus. The incident has amplified debate about the safety of women and doctors in India, and has sparked significant outrage, nationwide and international protests, and demands for a thorough investigation .

   An autopsy revealed that Debnath had been raped and sexually assaulted before being killed via strangulation. The report, spanning four pages, also noted a deep wound in her genital tract, lips, left leg, right hand, ring finger, neck, and face. The report revealed that the scratch marks on the woman's face were likely caused by the culprit’s fingernails. According to the report, pressure was applied to her mouth and throat, and she was strangled, resulting in a fracture of the thyroid cartilage. The report also noted bleeding from her eyes, mouth, and genitals, with the injuries in her genital area attributed to "perverted sexuality" and "genital torture". The exact cause of the injuries to her eyes remains undetermined .

                It was reported that the postmortem autopsy also revealed that around "150 mg" of semen was found in the vaginal swab . This finding, along with the extent of injuries, led the doctors who assessed the autopsy report and the victim's parents to suggest Debnath may have been subjected to gang rape .  However, the Kolkata Police has dismissed these claims as rumours, stating that it is impossible to distinguish semen from multiple individuals with the naked eye during an autopsy . The CBI investigation has not so far revealed any signs of occurrence of a gang rape .

                         
           Sandip Kumar Ghosh, an orthopedic surgeon and the principal of the college, resigned amid the protests surrounding the incident. He cited an inability to endure the ongoing humiliation from social media criticism and defamatory remarks by politicians. Shortly after his resignation, he was appointed as the principal of Calcutta National Medical College, a move that sparked further outrage .

               On 13 August 2024, the Calcutta High Court, unsatisfied with the police's handling of the investigation, assigned the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) .

       the Indian Medical Association (IMA) called on Union Health Minister J. P. Nadda to introduce a special central law aimed at preventing violence against doctors. They also urged that hospitals be designated as safe zones. This appeal followed widespread protests and strikes by resident doctors across the country in response to the crime, which raised serious concerns about the safety of medical staff . On 13 August, over 8,000 doctors in the state of Maharashtra suspended all but emergency services. In New Delhi, junior doctors wearing white coats staged a protest outside major government hospitals. Emergency services stayed suspended on 13 August in almost all the government-run college hospitals in Kolkata. Similar protests in cities such as Lucknow, and Goa affected some hospital services . Hospitals which were the sites of protests included AIIMS Delhi, Lady Hardinge Medical College, Safdarjung Hospital, RML Hospital, Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital as well as the R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital .

           The West Bengal government introduced a new bill in the Assembly on 3 September 2024 named the Aparajita Woman and Child Bill (West Bengal Criminal Laws and Amendment), 2024. West Bengal became the first state in India to make an amendment in central laws for crime of sexual nature against women and children. The bill was passed unanimously in the assembly and was sent to the Governor CV Ananda Bose and to President Droupadi Murmu for assent. The bill will amend the application of the recently amended Indian penal code in West Bengal. It entailed death penalty for convicts of rape and other unnatural sexual  offences if it resulted in death of the victim or left the victim in a vegetative state .

                             
           The nation had seen and was rocked by the Most infamous case of rape and throwing away of a young female medico from the running vehicle in Delhi which led to serious injuries to the innocent girl who during treatment in a Singapur hospital succumbed to injuries .The gang rape of a young medico by the savages some twelve years before in 2012 December in the national capital Delhi recently the unfortunate case of a doctor trainee at a government hospital in kolkata who was raped and then killed in most brut manner and to now most heinous crime of the sexual assault on the two small girls -of merely and barely of three/four years of age by savages who stooped so low and committed the barbaric and heinous crime at which our heads hang in shame .

       We boast to be the progeny of Ram ,Krishan ,Buddha& Rahim ,but at the same time feel no remorse in committing rape and murder of the girls and women to satiate their sexual lust and thus humans as brutes indulge in heinous crimes of sexual assault and exploitation unheard in the good olden days . In the shameful and savage case of Moumita ,there is utmost and right grief ,shock ,condemnation and the doctors and general public is on roads and the protestors demand no less than capital punishment to those accused in the case .The police action is slow and SC has raised serious questions on the conduct and role of Kolkata police and has also made serious observations on west Bengal government & CM Mamata Banerjee .   

                                               (West Bengal CM Mamata Banarjee)

             The accused was arrested and a speedy judicial trail should be conducted and capital punishment pronounced to the accused so that justice is ensured to the victims and a sense of fear of law is created among the people indulging in such inhuman crimes against man and God .

                            

                                   (Jai Jagannath , Puri , Odisha , India)

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