West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday termed the gang rape of a medical student in Durgapur in Paschim Bardhaman district as “shocking”, and said that no accused would be spared, reported news agency PTI.
Speaking to reporters at Kolkata airport before leaving for natural disaster-hit north Bengal to oversee relief and rehabilitation work, Banerjee said her government has zero tolerance for such incidents.
“This is a shocking incident… We have zero tolerance for such crimes. Three accused have been arrested and police are conducting search for others. Nobody will be spared,” she said in her first reaction to the incident, reported PTI.
The medical college student, hailing from Jaleswar in Odisha`s Balasore district, was allegedly raped by some men in Durgapur, police said on Saturday.
The incident took place outside the campus of the private medical college on Friday night when the second-year student went out with one of her friends for dinner.
Banerjee said that the institution of which the woman is a student of also bears responsibility for the incident.
“Private colleges must ensure security within and around their campuses,” she said.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that female boarders, especially those from outside the state, should follow hostel rules and not venture out late at night.
“Students staying in hostels, especially those who have come to West Bengal to study from outside the state, are expected to follow the rules of the hostels. They should avoid venturing out late at night, although they have the fundamental right to go wherever they want.
“But the police have certain logistical limitations in monitoring the movement of every individual. Officers would not know who is leaving home at night and cannot stand guard outside every home,” she said, reported PTI.
She was speaking to reporters at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport here before leaving for natural disaster-hit north Bengal to review relief and rehabilitation work.
The medical college student, hailing from Jaleswar in Odisha`s Balasore district, was allegedly raped by some men in Durgapur, police said on Saturday.
The incident took place outside the campus of the private medical college on Friday night when the second-year student went out with one of her friends for dinner.
Meanwhile, three accused have been arrested in the alleged gangrape case of a medical student in West Bengal`s Durgapur. They were presented before the court today.
Speaking to reporters, Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate DCP Abhishek Gupta said, “Three persons have been arrested so far. They have been forwarded to the Court today. Further investigation is ongoing, and everything is going according to the protocol. All investigation is taking place…”
(With inputs from PTI)