New Delhi: Amid the growing movement over the alleged rape and murder of a 31-year-old junior doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, the mother of the deceased doctor has claimed that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was trying to suppress the protests.
“I feel that the Chief Minister is trying to stop the protests, today she imposed Section 144 here so that people cannot protest,” she was quoted as saying by ANI.
Pointing to the delay in probe and justice, she said, “She (Mamata Banerjee) said that the culprit will be arrested as soon as possible, but nothing has happened so far. One person has been arrested. I am sure many more are involved in this incident. I think the entire department is responsible for the incident… The police did not do a good job at all.”
‘We worked so hard to make our daughter a doctor but…’
Talking about the unfolding of the tragedy, she told ANI, “First we got a call (on Friday, August 9 at 10.53am) from the hospital that your daughter is sick, then the call was disconnected. After that when I called and asked what happened, they told me to come to the hospital. When we called again, the (caller) identified himself as Assistant Super (intendent) and said your daughter has committed suicide.”
She added that when they reached there, they were not allowed to see their daughter. “We were allowed to see her at 3 o’clock. There was only one piece of cloth on her body. Her hand was broken, blood was coming out of her eyes and mouth. Just by looking at her, it seemed that someone had murdered her. I told them it is not suicide, it’s a murder. We worked so hard to make our daughter a doctor but she was murdered.”