Girls shouldn’t be allowed to go out at night: Mamata on gangrape incident

 

 

 

REACTING to the gangrape incident of a medical student in West Bengal’s Durgapur, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said that girls should not be allowed to go out at night. At the same time, the CM asserted that her Government has adopted a zero-tolerance policy against such heinous crimes and asked the police to take stringent action against the accused persons. “In West Bengal, we have a zero-tolerance policy against such crimes. Students from outside come here to study.

 

I would request them not to go out at night because the police don’t get to know who is going out at night. The police cannot keep a watch on everyone by going to their doorstep. The private medical college also has a responsibility to take care of its students,” said CM Banerjee while speaking to media persons outside Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport. The CM further said, “If anyone goes out at 12.30 a.m. and something happens... we condemn what happened. We do not support the incident. Everyone is free to go anywhere. But everyone, especially those who live in hostels, must exercise caution. I have asked the police to take stringent action. Nobody will be spared.”