Govt will take care of survivor, says CM
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said the state government would take care of the tribal woman who was allegedly gangraped in South Dinajpur district.
The woman was allegedly gang-raped on Saturday and tortured by her tormentors, who inserted an iron rod into her private parts.
Banerjee, who was speaking at a rally here in South Dinajpur district, said the woman was like her ‘‘own sister’‘ and that a compensation of ₹4.12 lakh has already been transferred to her account.
The chief minister had on Wednesday visited the survivor at the Malda Medical College Hospital and enquired about her health. She instructed doctors and health officials to help the woman recover as soon as possible, a top state government official said.
“I am so sorry about the incident
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in which a woman was tortured. The accused have been arrested. I had visited her in the hospital yesterday. I want her to return to normal life as soon as possible,” she added.
Two accused have been arrested from Itahar in neighbouring Uttar Dinajpur district in connection with the incident, the district police said.
‘‘Even now there are some people in our society who I have no idea why commit such kind of crimes. We have to resist them and for that we need our mothers and sisters, students, farmers to come forward to put up resistance,’‘ she said.