Outrage is raging in India over the brutal rape and murder of a female intern and the sexual assault of two girls. Indian Prime Minister Molde FK said Monday that crimes against women were “Unforgivable”, the economic times and the times of India reported, those who assisted in the commission of these crimes should also be held accountable.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Molde FK speaks in jargon, Maharashtra, Sunday, local time
Molde FK said in a speech in jargon, Maharashtra, that day, “Today, I want to tell every political party and state government in this country that crimes against women are unforgivable. Whoever is guilty should not be spared, and whoever supports them in any way should bear the consequences.”.
“Whether in a hospital, a school, an office or the police system, everyone must be held accountable for any negligence. This message should be clearly conveyed from top to bottom. This is an unforgivable sin.” Molde FK went on to say that “Our greatest responsibility is the dignity and security of women” in this society and under government.
Molde FK also said the government was serious about protecting women and that the new law would impose the harshest penalties on those who commit crimes against women, the report said.
A female intern in India has been brutally raped and killed, Xinhua news agency reported. The 31-year-old female doctor was found raped and killed in a hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata on September 9. A hospital official said the woman was assaulted while she was sleeping in a lobby of the hospital. Since the incident, Indian doctors and women’s groups have staged numerous protests to demand the promotion of women’s rights and security. The Indian Medical Association has called a 24-hour general strike by medical practitioners across the country starting on the morning of July 17 to retain only essential services such as emergency medicine. “In our country, where women are the majority in the health care industry, we have asked time and again to keep them safe,” said a director of the institute
After the brutal rape and murder of a female intern triggered public protests and strikes by medical workers in many places, Xinhua said, two 4-year-old girls have been sexually assaulted by a 23-year-old cleaner at a school in India. A 4-year-old girl who attended a pre-school at a co-ed school in beddlabur, Maharashtra, was Hindustan Times sexually assaulted in the school’s bathroom, the newspaper reported Monday. The 23-year-old suspect, Akshay Hinde, was hired by the university under contract on August 1 and arrested on August 17. 20 AM, the parents of two girls protest outside the school, then attracted a large number of people to join. The protests then grew in intensity, numbering in the thousands.