"Such instances are on increase in Bengal": Governor CV Ananda Bose on Durgapur gangrape case

Howrah (Durgapur) [India], October 13 (ANI): In the wake of the alleged gangrape of a medical student in West Bengal's Durgapur, West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose conceded that such instances are on the rise in West Bengal. He stated that the government must take firm action, and stern measures would be taken to prevent such cases in the future.
Governor CV Ananda Bose left for Durgapur on Monday to assess the situation.
While speaking to ANI, Governor Bose said, "Let me first go and assess the situation on the field, then I will make my comments...CM has made her observations, let me go and see for myself what happened there. Then I will give my observations...Such instances are on the increase in West Bengal. This shows a degeneration in society. Govt has to act firm, we will certainly take stern steps to ward off such things in future."
Earlier, CM Mamata Banerjee advised colleges not to allow girls to go outside at night after the alleged gangrape of a second-year private medical student in Durgapur. The survivor is from Jaleswar, Odisha.

"I'm shocked to see the incident, but private medical colleges also should take care of their students, and especially girls. The girls should not be allowed to go outside (college) at night. They have to protect themselves also. There is a forest area. Police are searching all the people," Mamata Banerjee said.
The remarks sparked a huge backlash, with BJP workers staging a protest against the state government over the Durgapur rape case in North 24 Parganas on Sunday.
Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar said that the Trinamool Congress leadership were repeatedly making such statements on women and asked if the Chief Minister wanted all women to wear burqas and stay at home.
Majumdar said, "Earlier, when the RG Kar Medical College incident occurred, a notification was issued that private companies should give fewer night shifts to women. Now the Chief Minister is saying that women should not go out at night. Does she want all women to wear burqas and stay at home?"
Meanwhile, three accused have been arrested in the gangrape case of a medical student in West Bengal's Durgapur. They were presented before the court today.
Speaking to reporters, Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate DCP Abhishek Gupta said, "Three persons have been arrested so far. They have been forwarded to the Court today. Further investigation is ongoing, and everything is going according to the protocol. All investigation is taking place..."
According to the medical student's father, she stepped out with a classmate to get something to eat. However, two or three other men arrived and raped her. The classmate, he said, "abandoned her and fled."
"At 10 PM, her friend called us and said that your daughter had been raped. We live in Jaleshwar. My daughter was studying here. Yesterday, one of her classmates took her out on the pretext of getting something to eat, but when two or three other men arrived, he abandoned her and fled. They raped her. This incident occurred between 8:00 and 9:00 PM. The hostel was far away, and she had come here to eat. The security arrangements are not sufficient. Such a serious incident occurred, but no action has been taken. There is no system here, no response..." the student's father told reporters. (ANI)