‘Punish Perpetrators Without Delay’: PM Modi Speaks On Crimes Against Women Amid Outrage Over Kolkata Rape-Murder Case – News18

Curated By: Poulami Kundu

Last Updated: August 15, 2024, 09:34 IST

PM Modi delivers his Independence Day speech at Red Fort. (Photo: X)

PM Modi said rapists should be given exemplary punishments for atrocities against women to stop

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on women’s safety at length while delivering his 11th Independence Day speech at the Red Fort on Thursday. Amid the nationwide protests over the alleged rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, PM Modi said perpetrators needed to be punished without any delay.

PM Modi said, “I would like to express my pain once again, from the Red Fort today. As a society, we will have to think seriously about the atrocities against women that are happening – there is outrage against this in the country.”

Urging authorities concerned to take the matter seriously, he said, “I can feel this outrage. The country, society, and state governments will have to take this seriously. Speedy investigation of crimes against women, those executing these monstrous deeds be awarded strict punishment at the earliest – this is important to instill confidence in society.”

#WATCH | PM Narendra Modi says, “…I would like to express my pain once again, from the Red Fort today. As a society, we will have to think seriously about the atrocities against women that are happening – there is outrage against this in the country. I can feel this outrage.… pic.twitter.com/2gQ53VrsGk— ANI (@ANI) August 15, 2024

Vouching for exemplary punishments for rapists, he said, “I would also like to say that when rapes and incidents of atrocities on women occur, it is widely discussed. But when a person of such monstrous tendency is punished, it is not seen in news, but restricted to a corner. It is the need of the hour, that extensive discussion on those receiving punishment be held so that those committing this sin understand that this leads to hanging. I think it is very important to instill this fear.”

A postgraduate trainee doctor was raped and murdered at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata while on duty last week. The semi-naked body of the 31-year-old woman was found on August 9 morning in the seminar hall of the government-run hospital in the West Bengal capital. A civic volunteer has been arrested in connection with the crime.

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered the transfer of the probe into the case from the Kolkata Police to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Poulami KunduPoulami Kundu is a senior copy editor with News 18’s general news desk. She hails from Guwahati and has over five years of experience in print and dig…Read More



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