{"id":31689,"date":"2014-01-13T11:40:02","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T06:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=31689"},"modified":"2014-01-13T11:40:02","modified_gmt":"2014-01-13T06:10:02","slug":"bjp-wants-nhrc-probe-bengal-gang-rape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bjp-wants-nhrc-probe-bengal-gang-rape","title":{"rendered":"BJP wants NHRC to probe Bengal gang rape"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/rights-panel-notice-childrens-deaths-camps\/dd-21\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31411\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"31411\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/rights-panel-notice-childrens-deaths-camps\/dd-21\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/dd13.jpg?fit=234%2C215&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"234,215\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dd\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/dd13.jpg?fit=150%2C137&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/dd13.jpg?fit=234%2C215&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31411 alignright\" alt=\"dd\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/dd13-150x137.jpg?resize=150%2C137&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"150\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/dd13.jpg?resize=150%2C137&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/dd13.jpg?w=234&amp;ssl=1 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>The Bharatiya Janata Party&#8217;s state unit Sunday approached the National Human Rights Commission seeking a probe into the alleged gang rape and murder of a minor in West Bengal&#8217;s Madhyamgram town in North 24-Parganas district.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to the commission, the BJP accused the Mamata Banerjee-led state government of &#8220;living in denial&#8221;, and urged a probe into the alleged attempt of the state police to &#8220;forcibly cremate&#8221; the minor&#8217;s body as well as the role of the hospital where the girl died after allegedly being set on fire.<\/p>\n<p>The girl was raped by a gang allegedly twice in October, and was rushed to state run RG Kar Hospital Dec 23 with severe burn injuries where she died Dec 31, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>In her dying declaration she had indicted two persons of setting her ablaze.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Despite repeated requests, the victim was not shifted to a specialised burn unit and since the parents did not have resources to avail of private medical care, the victim met the sorry fate,&#8221; read the letter signed by BJP state secretary Ritesh Tiwari.<\/p>\n<p>The incident has attracted severe criticism from political circles as well as from the civil society after the family alleged that the police &#8220;hijacked&#8221; the girl&#8217;s body and forcibly attempted to cremate it.<\/p>\n<p>The commission has also been urged to probe the role of the police who failed to provide security to the girl after she was first gang raped.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the victim&#8217;s family met President Pranab Mukherjee seeking a death penalty for the perpetrators and Sunday left for Patna to meet Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.<\/p>\n<p>Nitish Kumar had announced a compensation of Rs.1 lakh to the family.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: IANS)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bharatiya Janata Party&#8217;s state unit Sunday approached the National Human Rights Commission seeking a probe into the alleged gang rape and murder of a minor in West Bengal&#8217;s Madhyamgram town in North 24-Parganas district. 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