Amid ongoing nationwide protest against the brutal rape and murder of a 31-year-old postgraduate trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called crimes against women an “unpardonable sin”, adding that the guilty should not be spared.
The PM said that women’s safety is the priority of the country and the government is strengthening laws to ensure stringent punishment for those perpetrating crimes against women.
Addressing Lakhpati Didi Sammelan in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon, the PM said, “I have raised this issue repeatedly from the Red Fort. Today, be it any state of the country, I understand the pain and anger of my sisters and daughters.” “I will once again tell every political party of the country, every state government that crime against women is an unpardonable sin. Whoever is guilty, he should not be spared,” he said.
“Those who help him in any form should not be spared. Be it a hospital, school, government or police system, at whatever level negligence occurs, everyone should be held accountable. The message should go very clearly from top to bottom. This sin is unpardonable. Governments will keep coming and going, but protecting life and protecting women’s dignity is a big responsibility of all of us, both as a society and as a government,” Modi added.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is probing the case on orders of the Calcutta high court. The prime accused Sanjoy Roy is in judicial custody till September 6.
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