NEW DELHI: The mother of the 31-year-old doctor who was raped and murdered at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata while on duty recounted the events leading up to the devastating news of her daughter’s demise saying “her pants were open, hand was broken, blood was coming out of her eyes and mouth.”
The victim’s mother said: “First we got a call 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 and said your daughter has committed suicide. She went on duty on Thursday, we got this call on Friday at 10:53pm.”
The postgraduate trainee doctor’s mother said that despite their efforts to gain immediate access, they were denied entry until 3. “When we reached there, we were not allowed to see her, we were allowed to see her at 3 o’clock. Her pants were open, there was only one piece of cloth on her body. Her hand was broken, blood was coming out of her eyes, mouth,” she said.
“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,” she added.
She expressed her dissatisfaction with the progress in the case so far and believes that the incident involved many more individuals.
On chief minister Mamata Banerjee‘s call, 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. I feel that the Chief Minister is trying to stop the protest, today she imposed Section 144 here so that people cannot protest.”
The victim’s mother claimed the CP “did not cooperate with us at all, they only tried to hush up the case as soon as possible. Their attempt was to get the post-mortem done as soon as possible and remove the body.”
The father of the rape-murder victim on Friday, moved by the ‘Reclaim the Night’ protest across the world said, “I might have lost my daughter, but gained millions”.
At the same time, he also urged all to refrain from naming her, sharing “ugly photographs of my daughter” (referring to photos of the body) and spreading wrong information.
The victim’s mother said: “First we got a call 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 and said your daughter has committed suicide. She went on duty on Thursday, we got this call on Friday at 10:53pm.”
The postgraduate trainee doctor’s mother said that despite their efforts to gain immediate access, they were denied entry until 3. “When we reached there, we were not allowed to see her, we were allowed to see her at 3 o’clock. Her pants were open, there was only one piece of cloth on her body. Her hand was broken, blood was coming out of her eyes, mouth,” she said.
“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,” she added.
She expressed her dissatisfaction with the progress in the case so far and believes that the incident involved many more individuals.
On chief minister Mamata Banerjee‘s call, 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. I feel that the Chief Minister is trying to stop the protest, today she imposed Section 144 here so that people cannot protest.”
The victim’s mother claimed the CP “did not cooperate with us at all, they only tried to hush up the case as soon as possible. Their attempt was to get the post-mortem done as soon as possible and remove the body.”
The father of the rape-murder victim on Friday, moved by the ‘Reclaim the Night’ protest across the world said, “I might have lost my daughter, but gained millions”.
At the same time, he also urged all to refrain from naming her, sharing “ugly photographs of my daughter” (referring to photos of the body) and spreading wrong information.