Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi mentioned the incident of the “gang-rape” of the medical scholar is very condemnable and painful. File. (X/@CMOOdisha)
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Saturday (October 11, 2025) condemned the alleged gang-rape of an Odia medical scholar in West Bengal,
The second-year medical scholar, from Jaleswar in Odisha, was allegedly by unidentified males outdoors the non-public medical faculty campus in Durgapur in West Bengal’s Paschim Bardhaman district, police mentioned on. Saturday (October 11). She is at present present process remedy at a close-by hospital.
In social media’X’ submit, Mr. Majhi mentioned, “The unlucky incident of gang rape involving an Odia scholar in Durgapur, West Bengal, is very condemnable and painful. I’m deeply shocked upon listening to this information.”
“On this delicate matter, I strongly urge the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to take exemplary motion in opposition to the accused as per the legislation,” he mentioned.
Odisha CM mentioned, “I pray for the speedy restoration of the sufferer. I’ve additionally instructed senior officers to contact the West Bengal authorities and take obligatory steps. All doable help will probably be offered to the sufferer’s household on behalf of the Odisha authorities.”
Chatting with an Odia information channel, sufferer’s father regretted that no help was forthcoming from West Bengal administration to provide justice to his daughter. “Had it been Odisha authorities, the swift motion would have adopted,” he mentioned.
Mr. Majhi’s remark got here simply days later, Ms. Banerjee accused BJP of perpetrating communal violence in Cuttack. She had mentioned Bajrang Dal was making an attempt to destroy communal concord in Cuttack.
West Bengal CM’s assertion didn’t augur nicely with BJP authorities within the state. Prithiviraj Harichandan, Odisha Legislation Minister, mentioned Ms. Banerjee had the behavior of defaming Odisha and its tradition.
Printed – October 11, 2025 05:59 pm IST