I hope the new RPD act retains the provisions for higher punishment for crimes against persons with disabilities!!!
-----Original Message----- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Kotian, H P Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 9:44 AM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: [AI] FW: Protest Rape of Hearing Impaired Patient In Bankura What a deplorable incident. Harish Kotian. From: mailman-boun...@server2.ultrahost.us [mailto:mailman-boun...@server2.ultrahost.us] On Behalf Of National Platform For The Rights of the Disabled (NPRD) Sent: 29 February 2012 17:29 To: National Platform For The Rights of the Disabled Delhi Subject: Protest Rape of Hearing Impaired Patient In Bankura February 29, 2012 Press Statement The National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD) strongly condemns the rape of a hearing impaired patient by a doctor inside the Bankura Medical College in West Bengal. According to the complaint lodged by the victim's mother, the resident doctor of the hospital took the victim for medical examination and raped her. This is the third such incident in the month of February reported from West Bengal. During this month, two cases of rape were reported in Kolkata. Earlier, on January 12 one school girl was kidnapped from 24 Parganas subsequently was gangraped. On February 26, a 30-year-old woman was raped by a gang of armed robbers. A few days earlier, a woman was raped in a moving car in Kolkata. In that case the victim also faced difficulties while trying to lodge a police complaint. Equally deplorable is the attitude of the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (who also holds the Home portfolio), who instead of taking firm administrative measures to check such incidents is questioning the character and antecedents of the women concerned and then alleging that the opposition is fabricating these stories to defame her government. The Paschimbanga Rajya Prathibandi Sammelini, an affiliate of the NPRD will be holding a protest tomorrow in Kolkata against the incident and demanding an impartial probe into the incident; sacking of the doctor and adequate compensation to the victim. (Kanti Ganguly) (Muralidharan) Convener Assistant Convener NPRD, 4, Ashoka Road, New Delhi Tel. 9868768543, 23369598 ________________________________ Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this email by error, please notify us by return e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The Reserve Bank of India accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this email by error, please notify us by return e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The Reserve Bank of India accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
