Kolkata Rape-Murder Case: The Central federal government has actually provided a solid reaction over West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s letter toPrime Minister Narendra Modi This was Bengal centimeters’s 2nd letter advising advising for more stringent main regulation and excellent penalty for abhorrent criminal offenses like rape and murder, complying with the Kolkata medical professional’s rape-murder instance. On Friday, Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Annapurna Devi, contacted the West Bengal federal government to impose the legislations “in letter and spirit.”
In her letter to the Chief Minister, Annapurna Devi specified that the info in the centimeters’s letter is “factually incorrect” and recommended that it seems an effort to “cover up delays” in the operationalization of Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs) in the state.
According to Devi, West Bengal federal government has yet to operationalize 11 added Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs) marked for taking care of instances of rape and POCSO offenses, regardless of a stockpile of 48,600 pending instances.
“With regard to the information contained in your letter about the status of Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs) and exclusive POCSO Courts in West Bengal, I may mention that according to information received from the Calcutta High Court, West Bengal has established 88 Fast Track Courts (FTCs), which are not the same as the Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs) covered under the Central Government Scheme as referred in my earlier D.O. letter dated 25.08.2024,” the letter checked out.
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The union preacher kept in mind that the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita currently recommends rigorous penalties for rape, consisting of a minimum of ten years of strenuous jail time, which can be included life jail time and even the execution.
This advancement adheres to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s letter to Prime Minister Modi on Friday, where she restored her ask for more stringent main regulation and excellent penalty for abhorrent criminal offenses like rape and murder.
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Banerjee, that had actually formerly contacted Modi following the across the country objection over the August 9 rape and murder of a medical professional at Kolkata’s R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, likewise advised for a compulsory time-bound disposal of rape and rape-murder instances.
