Madura Chakraborty was part of a women's group which went to submit a memorandum to Mamata Banerjee to demand better protection for women in West Bengal and suitable prosecution of perpetrators of sexual violence in view of the spurt in crimes against women in the state. Instead, the women, some of them senior citizens, were manhandled by Kolkata Police and arrested. Mamata has already labelled those criticising her government for not doing enough to protect women as CPI(M) supporters. Women's rights activist Madura Chakraborty joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue.
Q. Dear Madhura Madam, It is very saddening to hear the crime against women. Madam, all the culprits (except one) if one will dig are surely Bangladesis as the name resembles. A lot of Bangladesis are illegally entering India, courtesy to our dull system. I am staying in Riyadh and here also lot of Bangladesis are coming in Indian Passport. Firstly, the political parties should not blame each other rather they should focus on this matter and do something to drag out all these Bangladesis who are spoiling our culture... Asked by: Bhanu
A. It is very well to shift the blame onto 'Others'. But we, as part of this society, are responsible for the prevailing 'rape culture'. Blaming and labelling vulnerable sections of the population [such as migrants from eastern states of India, in the context of Delhi] is just another way of washing our hands off. It is precisely this
05:48 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Kolkata: Angry netizens on Tuesday lashed out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and sternly told her to "shut up and do some work", a day after she lost her cool and branded as "CPI-M people" anti-rape protestors as also rapists of a college girl. Facebook users and Twitterati assailed the Trinamool Congress supremo for asking a resident of Kamduni village in North 24 Parganas district to "shut up"...
07:23 PM, Jun 18, 2013
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01:13 PM, Apr 29, 2013
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12:40 PM, Apr 29, 2013
Belgaum: The Belgaum Police on Sunday arrested the fiance of the girl whose mutilated body was found on a road in the district on Saturday. According to the police, the man allegedly raped his 20-year-old fiancee and killed her. The police, for the time being, however, have ruled out that the girl was gangraped. The police said that the girl had been postponing their marriage and refusing his advances and...
11:16 PM, Apr 28, 2013
New Delhi: Terming himself innocent, an accused in the December 16 gang rape Thursday moved an application before the fast track court seeking permission to undergo a lie detector test. Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna asked the Delhi Police to file its reply on the plea of Vinay Sharma, one of the six accused in the case. Saying Sharma has been falsely implicated in the case, his counsel told the...
01:47 AM, Apr 26, 2013
As protests continued in Delhi over the rape case of a five-year-old girl, at the centre of the storm was Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar. A man who both the Opposition and activists held responsible and answerable for the increase in crimes against women in Delhi. They are demanding his resignation. ...
12:02 AM, Apr 23, 2013
Chatra: A 19-year-old tribal woman was allegedly gangraped by three persons in Chatra district, police sources said on Sunday. The 19-year-old married tribal woman had come to witness the Ramnavmi procession on Friday in Chatra town when she was abducted by three youths who later allegedly gangraped her, Superintendent of Police Arun Birthery said. The SP said two persons have been arrested in this connection after a FIR was lodged...
02:16 PM, Apr 21, 2013
A 10-year-old girl and her mother were put behind the bars when they reached a police station in Bulandshahr to file a rape complaint. ...
11:59 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Islamabad: A 26-year-old school teacher was kidnapped and gangraped while on her way to work in Pakistan's central Punjab province. The woman was found lying in a field in Khanewal, near Multan city, on Wednesday. She was taken to a hospital in Jhang and a medico-legal examination at a nearby rural health centre confirmed she had been raped. Doctors at the centre said she might need surgery. Police registered a...
12:56 PM, Apr 11, 2013
A 10-year-old girl and her mother were put behind the bars when they reached a police station in Bulandshahr to file a rape complaint. ...
12:11 AM, Apr 11, 2013
Datia: A 22-year-old woman was allegedly gangraped by five persons, including a BJP corporator, near Dang Karera village in the district, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Monday night, an officer from Jigna Police Station in Datia said. BJP corporator from Datia Municipal Council, Balkishen Kushwaha, has been identified as one of the five accused, police said, adding they were yet to make any arrests in the...
02:14 PM, Apr 10, 2013
New Delhi: Taking suo motu cognisance of the Bulandshahr minor rape case, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to explain why a minor rape victim was locked up in the jail when she approached the police to file a complaint. The apex court has asked the state government to submit its reply by Monday. The 10-year-old girl and her mother were put behind the bars when...
12:16 PM, Apr 10, 2013
In a yet another case of police brutality, a 10-year-old rape survivor was locked up in the jail when she reached a police station to file a complaint. "Mujhe thappad mara (I was slapped)," alleged the girl, who spent more than 15 hours in the jail with her mother. ...
11:09 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Thane: A 41-year-old man was arrested from the powerloom town of Bhiwandi for allegedly subjecting his mentally-challenged step-daughter to sexual abuse, police said on Thursday. "Kasim Hamid Shaikh allegedly used to rape the 14-year-old repeatedly at his house in Evai village in the district over a period of time," a police official said. He was apprehended on Wednesday after the girl lodged a complaint against Shaikh with the help of...
11:21 AM, Apr 04, 2013
Thane: In a courageous act, a national-level kabaddi champion got two men arrested when they tried to molest her, police said on Thursday. The incident took place at Satis skywalk on Tuesday night when Harshala More and her friends were returning after daily practice when the duo passed lewd comments at them, they said. The duo were identified as Ramesh Thorat (24) and Pritesh Gharat (26). Unfazed, Harshala managed to...
10:33 AM, Apr 04, 2013
Judicial custody of Bitti Mohanty, convicted in March 2006 for raping a 26-year-old German national in a hotel in Alwar, ends on Wednesday. Mohanty, who has been in Kerala Police custody in Payyanur, jumped parole in 2006 and was traced in Kannur in March. Police have sought more time to investigate charges of forgery, cheating and impersonation against Miohanty. ...
01:19 PM, Apr 03, 2013
A youth was arrested on Sunday for allegedly raping his friend for past over a year after making her obscene MMS at knife point. The accused Tushar, along with one of his friends, was booked for gangrape after the girl registered a complaint in this regard on Sunday, SSP Vijay Yadav said. ...
10:00 PM, Mar 24, 2013
A 32-year-old Dalit woman and mother of four, was allegedly gangraped in a remote village in Kendrapara district. Police has detained two accused involved in the crime committed on March 19 at Ghodadanda village in Patkura area, after the victim lodged an FIR on Wednesday night. ...
06:35 PM, Mar 21, 2013
With renewed attention on crimes against women in India after the gangrape of a Swiss woman in Madhya Pradesh, foreign nationals living in or visiting India feel the country is as unsafe as any other. Sexual abuse is a global phenomenon; many woman visitors say they have never felt especially unsafe here. ...
11:30 AM, Mar 20, 2013
