TMC's Abhishek Banerjee Demands 7-Day Rape Trial Ordinance after PGT Doctor's Tragic Death

TMC National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee advocates for a 7-day completion of rape trials via an ordinance following the suspected rape and murder of a post-graduate trainee (PGT) doctor. The incident has ignited political unrest in West Bengal and calls for a CBI probe by BJP leaders.

Trinamool Congress (TMC) National General Secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday called for the introduction of an ordinance or bill to ensure the completion of rape trials within seven days. This demand comes after a post-graduate trainee (PGT) doctor was found dead at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Friday.

Banerjee emphasized the urgency of quick justice, stating, "The politicisation of this issue should not be done. I saw many political parties come out on the streets. We should instead bring an ordinance or a bill so that there can be quick justice in seven days. The protesting BJP leaders should bring a bill to punish rapists in seven days, and as the opposition, the job of TMC and Congress is to support the bill. Why will the trial take five to six years? A mother and father lost their daughter." He added that the West Bengal government is taking the RG Kar incident seriously, and an accused has been arrested within 24 hours.

"This incident is extremely heinous, the state government is taking this matter seriously and within 24 hours an accused has been arrested... There is no identity of a rapist whether he is a policeman, an engineer, or a laborer— the accused is just a murderer and has no right to stay in society," Banerjee said. Meanwhile, doctors at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in Delhi held a protest on Saturday in support of the deceased PGT doctor found dead inside the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College in West Bengal.

Protesting doctors carried posters and demanded a CBI investigation, chanting, "We want a CBI inquiry." Her death has sparked a political storm in West Bengal, with BJP MLA Agnimitra Paul and Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari demanding a CBI investigation and a re-postmortem by a Central Government hospital. "The condition in which her body was found—completely naked with bruises—suggests she was raped and then murdered. We demand a CBI investigation. A postmortem should not be conducted after evening, yet it was done here. If the postmortem is carried out under the state system, the truth will be buried," Paul asserted.

(With inputs from agencies.)