Kolkata Rape Case: Days after the shocking mob attack on RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, where a junior doctor was raped and murdered, Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, the lawyer representing the victim’s parents, has now come up with serious accusations against the state government headed by Mamata Banerjee. The ruling TMC had orchestrated violence with a view to undermine the protests and obstruct investigation in an exhaustive interview given by Bhattacharya to India Today TV.
Trinamool Congress Accused of Orchestrating Hospital Attack
Bhattacharya has claimed that goons, allegedly TMC affiliates, were part of the demonstration. According to Bhattacharya, their brief was to provoke violence, destroy hospital property, and threaten all those demanding justice. The lawyer’s accusations suggest it wasn’t spontaneous outrage but a calculated attempt to “scare and disperse” demonstrators and “destroy evidence.”
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee retaliated, accusing opposition parties of being behind the attack on the hospital. But things only deteriorated further when it emerged that several of the 37 people arrested over the vandalism were allegedly TMC workers. One of the detained men is 24-year-old gym instructor Souvik Das, who admitted to being part of the attackers but claimed to have got swept into the passion of the protest.
Allegations of Evidence Tampering and Mishandling
Bhattacharya has also come out to criticize the manner in which the Kolkata Police handled this probe into death before it was transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigations by the order of the Calcutta High Court. He accused the Kolkata Police of mishandling vital evidence, right from misrepresenting information about the cause of her death. According to Bhattacharya, immediately after her death, there were specific attempts to have the body cremated in advance, which he argued was part of a scheme targeted at destroying important pieces of evidence.
“The first attempt of the police was to cremate the body,” Bhattacharya said. “Why were they trying to move the body out for post-mortem so fast? These questions need answers.” The case continues to inflame outrage and skepticism as faith in the investigation and governmental integrity stays under the scanner.