TMC MP Mahua Moitra Denies Cover-Up in Kolkata Doctor’s Tragic Case

Kolkata, West Bengal, August 15: Amid ongoing protests over the tragic rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Hospital in Kolkata, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra has denied allegations of a cover-up. She stated that accusations from the opposition BJP, which called Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and other elected women representatives ‘Gungi gudiya’ (mute dolls), are ‘absolutely wrong and incorrect.’

Moitra emphasized that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was not in Kolkata when the incident occurred but immediately took action upon being informed. ‘The Chief Minister was in Jhargram Medinipur when the incident happened. When she was informed about it, she spoke to the family of the girl immediately. Upon her return to Kolkata, she visited them within 12 hours, and the police arrested the prime suspect based on CCTV evidence,’ Moitra said.

Moitra also highlighted that Mamata Banerjee, the only female Chief Minister in India, has always supported women’s causes and criticized the political narrative labeling TMC representatives as ‘Gungi gudiya.’ ‘There is no cover-up. Mamata Banerjee has always stood for women’s causes. To somehow put a political leaning to this and say that all of us are Gungi gudiya is a political narrative that we had to face before and that we are going to fight back again,’ she added.

Union Minister and West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar criticized TMC, stating that not a single woman MP from TMC has spoken about the incident. He also alleged that a TMC MP’s nephew’s name keeps coming up in the case. ‘In the doctor’s team, many such topics have come up in their WhatsApp group, some screenshots of this have also reached us like drugs, racket, sex racket…One TMC MP’s nephew’s name keeps coming up repeatedly. I don’t know what the truth is, but something seems off because despite so many women MPs from TMC, not a single one has spoken much after such a major incident,’ Majumdar said.

Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari (BJP) wrote to the Home Secretary and Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation, requesting the deployment of Central Armed Paramilitary Forces to prevent further destruction of evidence at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. ‘I have written to the Hon’ble Home Secretary; Ministry of Home Affairs; Shri Ajay Kumar Bhalla and Hon’ble Director, Central Bureau of Investigation, regarding the vandalism that took place at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and requested them to deploy Central Armed Paramilitary Forces to prevent further destruction of evidence,’ Adhikari said in a post on X.

The Federation of Resident Doctors’ Association (FORDA) announced that they have decided to resume their strike to protest the incident. Former chief of Delhi Commission for Women Swati Maliwal also wrote a letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, urging severe punishment for the accused and those trying to protect them.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that the Left is colluding with the BJP to create unrest in West Bengal. ‘Left and Ram want to create unrest in Bengal and they both have come together to do this,’ she said, referring to the vandalism at RG Kar Hospital. Banerjee claimed that the mob involved in the vandalism were outsiders and not connected to the student movement.

Doctors at Safdarjung Hospital and AIIMS in Delhi, along with medical students in Kolkata, staged protests. Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan also expressed his anger and concern on social media, calling for harsh punishment for the perpetrators.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Crime Branch in Kolkata has summoned five doctors and hospital staff for questioning in connection with the case. The incident has triggered nationwide protests by doctors and medical fraternities after the post-graduate trainee doctor was found dead in the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9. The victim’s family has alleged rape and murder.