In a shocking case, a college-going girl from Birbhum, West Bengal, who was raped multiple times by one Sheikh Hafizul, has died after she set herself on fire. The girl had been struggling with 85% burns at Kolkata Media College, but succumbed to her injuries earlier today.
Source are reporting that the accused took nude photographs of the girl while she was bathing in a nearby pond, and threatened to upload the same on the internet.
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It is being said that the girl was not shifted to ICU despite her critical condition, due to ‘non-availability of space.’
Birbhum girl’s condition remain critical, need to be treated in ICU, but hospital is not providing ICU as there is no space, @MamataOfficial , plz intervene. Let us save the victim plz.
— Locket Chatterjee (@me_locket) December 17, 2017
Still no luck. We are trying our best but hospital is not shifting #NirbhayaofBengal to ICU. Requesting for a help from CM @MamataOfficial , victim remains critical. @derekobrienmp pic.twitter.com/b5teh6ZZmM
— Locket Chatterjee (@me_locket) December 17, 2017
Just got the sad news, Birbhum victim is no more with us. I am outside kolkata, and leaving immediately for Kolkata to stand with family in moment of grief. #NirbhayaofBengal #BlackDay4Bengal
— Locket Chatterjee (@me_locket) December 18, 2017
This tragic news is trending on social media under the hashtag #NirbhayaofBengal
Incidentally, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today tweeted about Tapsi Malik, a 16-year-old girl who was gangraped and burnt alive by CPM goons during the Singur agitation which led to Mamata’s rise in Bengal politics.
On this day in 2006, Tapasi Malik was brutally raped and burnt to death in Singur. Let us also never forget the martyrs of the 34 years of violence under the Left Front
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) December 18, 2017
But it is highly unlikely that Mamata Banerjee will tweet about the young girl who burnt herself alive in desperation after being repeatedly violated by Sheikh Hafizul. Will her commitment to the ‘secular’ project veto any such expression of humanity and empathy?
Today is Minority Rights Day. We must pledge to uphold the rights of all minority communities. After all, India stands for unity in diversity
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) December 18, 2017
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