Ruled by a woman Chief minister, West Bengal should have been an ideal for other states in respect to women safety and rights; however, the Trinamool Congress-ruled state has become disturbingly unsafe for women. The frequent cases of sexual assault and the recently published National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report reflect the state government’s nonchalant handling of women’s safety.

In a horrifying incident in West Bengal’s Durgapur, a second-year MBBS student from Odisha was allegedly gang-raped by Apu Bauri, Firdos Sekh, and Sekh Reajuddin and two others in a jungle area near the city on Friday (10th October) night. The rape survivor’s father fears that his daughter is not safe in West Bengal. “Trust has been lost. We don’t want her to stay in Bengal. She will pursue her education

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