Student gang-rape case: Protest held demanding ABVP ban
Chickmagaluru: NSUI activists on Thursday staged a protest at the AIT college circle here demanding ban on ABVP organisation as its workers of Puttur unit have allegedly rang raped their classmate and videographed the act in mobile phone and uploaded on social media.
The agitators said that the sexual abuse was an insult to the entire civilised society. Dakshina Kannada district was known as the district of literates in the state. But, in the same district, a gang of miscreants have inhumanly gang raped a girl. Prima facie, it's confirmed that the accused were belonging to ABVP organisation and five students of this organisation have gang raped their classmate. Though the police have arrested all the five accused, they could be let off from punishment due to influence of their political background. So, without yielding to any political pressure, the police should ensure punishment to the accused, the agitators demanded.
The accused are studying in the Swamy Vivekananda College of Puttur and the collage has ABVP influence. They have gang raped their classmate and they do not deserve forgiveness. For a safe future of the girls in colleges, the government should ban the organisation in the state, they said alleging that the incident has proved the attitude of its leaders who term the women as sisters and mothers in public speeches. These leaders must first teach the status of women to their activists," the NSUI urged.
Sangha Pariwar organisations have always been ill-treating the women and girls. One couldn't expect protection to the women from this organisation. Keeping in mind the injustice meted out to the girl, girls and women who are part of this organisation should come out of the outfit and fight against this crime, NSUI activists appealed.
They warned of intensifying the protest across the state if the state government failed to ban the organization.
After the dharna, the agitators submitted memorandum to the state government and the Governor through the Deputy Commissioner. NSUI district president Adil, leaders Pawan, Azar, Maharaj, Nihal, Saif, Raghunath and others participated in the dharna.
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Bengal: On way to PM's rally, 3 mowed down by train amid dense fog
Kolkata (PTI): Three persons died and three others were injured after being hit by a train amid dense fog on Saturday, while travelling to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally at Taherpur in West Bengal's Nadia district, a senior official said.
The incident occurred between Taherpur and Badkulla railway stations under the Sealdah-Krishnanagar section of Eastern Railway, he said.
Modi, whose helicopter could not land at Taherpur due to dense fog and low visibility, condoled the death of the “BJP workers” in his virtual address from Kolkata airport.
“I have come to know that some BJP workers, while travelling to the rally, lost their lives in a rail accident. My condolences are with the families of those who have lost their loved ones, and I pray for the speedy recovery of the injured,” Modi said.
The Eastern Railway official told PTI that the incident occurred in the morning when these people, who were travelling by a bus, had stopped the vehicle and walked to the railway tracks to answer nature's call.
"While three persons died on the spot, two others with injuries were admitted to a local hospital," he said.
Another person with minor injuries was released after having been administered first aid, the official said.
The deceased have been identified as Ramprasad Ghosh (74), Shaktipada Sutradhar (55) and Gopinath Das (38).
Meanwhile, Mahua Moitra, Trinamool Congress MP from Krishnanagar constituency in Nadia district, alleged that the BJP ignored the incident and went ahead with the rally.
"Terrible tragedy hushed up at altar of @narendramodi ego. @BJP4India supporters brought from far Murshidabad for PM rally in Ranaghat today," she said in a post on X.
"4 went to answer nature's call and were killed by 31814 down local train near Taherpur. BJP ignored, blacked out & went ahead with rally," Moitra claimed.
Reacting to her remarks, the West Bengal BJP, in a post on X, asserted that the TMC "has always been adept at milking tragedies", and was being "disrespectful to the unfortunate victims of this tragedy".
The TMC alleged that BJP leaders have not shown "neither concern nor compassion" over the mishap.
"The loss of three lives in Taherpur should have united everyone in grief. But @BJP4India leaders showed neither concern nor compassion," it said in another post on X.
"At this painful moment, Smt @MamataOfficial and Shri @abhishekaitc put humanity above party lines and stood beside the families of the deceased," the party said.
TMC’s on-ground leaders promptly reached out to the grieving family members, ensuring them of help and assistance, it said.
"While Delhi’s rulers chase Bengal with arrogance, our leadership chose empathy. This is the difference between politics of power and politics of people!" the TMC added.
