Amid the outrage over the RG Kar incident, the West Bengal child rights body has taken cognizance of a rape threat to the 11-year-old daughter of TMC MP and the party’s national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee. Banerjee is the nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
The West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights has taken suo motu cognizance of a video on social media from a protest rally over the rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor in Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
According to the panel, one person in the gathering was heard threatening Abhishek Banerjee’s minor daughter with rape. The person is also reported to have publicly announced a reward of Rs 10 crore to anyone who commits it.
“Such filthy intention of the miscreant and his indecent remark in public amounts to outraging the modesty of a minor girl and also endangering her safety and security,” the commission has said in a statement.
The child rights body called upon police to take action in the case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the Juvenile Justice Act and the UN Convention on Rights of a Child.
“While the entire state is mourning the sad demise of the doctor at RG Kar, calling for another rape to settle scores is clearly violative of the law and could send out a dangerous message to society if punitive measures are not taken. This can put not just the minor girl in question but all minor girls at risk,” the commission said.
Senior TMC leader Derek O’Brien commented on the issue and said in an X post, “Fight us politically with your filthy tricks. You have done it before. But today you have crossed the line. Stop threatening kids. No words are enough to condemn the gutter-level threats to our National General Secretary’s daughter. STOP THIS NOW.”
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