Bhubaneswar: Taking law into their hands. BJP women wing activists Thursday barged into the premises of State Commission for Women (SCW) and ransacked the office.
Protesting the silence of SCW on the alleged gangrape and suicide of a minor girl at Kunduli in Koraput district, the state BJP Mahila Morcha workers led by its president Pravati Parida forcibly entered into the commission’s office and scuffled with the policemen deployed there.
While some activists damaged window panes, other activists hung bangles on the wall as a mark of protest. They also pasted posters on the wall of the office. In the poster, they have questioned, “Does the SCW belong to the state or the BJD”.
“The Women’s Commission should be working for the safety of women. Instead, it is safeguarding the interests of the ruling party and the state government. Therefore, the commission’s office should be closed immediately,” BJP leader Lekhasree Samantsinghar said.
“The police have failed to nab the accused in the rape case,” she said, adding, “We demand that the probe report on the incident be made public.” Meanwhile, commenting on the issue, senior BJD leader and Women and Child Development Minister Prafulla Samal, “I strongly condemn attack on the office of the SCW. The BJP has become intolerant and is afraid of the growing popularity of CM Naveen Patnaik across the country. That’s why they are doing such anti-social activities.”
Notably, a minor girl was allegedly raped by four men in uniform October 10, but police had claimed that there was no rape at all. She committed suicide January 22.
PNN
