Targeting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on women’s safety, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said that many states are not making sincere efforts in the direction of crime against women.Singh was speaking at an event in Thiruvananthapuram where he said that considering the atrocities and crimes against women in the country, despite all the changes, it seems that a lot remains to be done.
He added that the Modi government has adopted a strict attitude towards crimes against women, but many states are not making sincere efforts in this direction. The recent heart-wrenching incident in Kolkata is very tragic and disgraceful.
“We have amended the law to provide for the capital punishment for heinous crimes like rape. This law should be implemented with strictness,” he said. Modi government will always be recognised as the biggest ‘Change Makers’.
But the situation is now rapidly changing. For example, one can see that the share of women is increasing in the armed forces of the country, Singh said.
The trainee doctor was found dead in the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on August 9. The Central Bureau of Investigation, which is probing the case, has conducted the second round of polygraph tests on Sandip Ghosh, former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
CBI officials have also conducted the polygraph test on the arrested accused, Sanjay Roy, in connection with the crime. The CBI took over the investigation into the rape and murder of the postgraduate trainee doctor of the state-run hospital following directions of Calcutta High Court.