RG Kar case: 16 days gone, where is justice, Mamata asks CBI

Hitting back at the BJP, Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee criticised the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), stating that it has been 16 days since the investigation began, yet "where is the justice?" Launching a fierce attack on the BJP over the 'Bangla Bandh' and Tuesday's 'Nabanna Abhijan' (march to Nabanna), Banerjee claimed that the BJP's bandh was part of a "preplanned plot aimed at inciting violence.

We seek justice and a return to peace".

Moreover, asserting that Bengal has zero tolerance for incidents of rape, Banerjee on Wednesday announced a special session of the state Assembly next week to bring a Bill for ensuring capital punishment to rapists.

The state Cabinet on Wednesday approved the proposal to introduce the Bill aimed at preventing rape and ensuring stricter punishments for such crimes. Senior Cabinet member and state Agriculture Minister Shobhandeb Chattopadhyay said he would request Speaker Biman Bandyopadhyay to convene a special two-day Assembly session from September 2.

Questioning the pace of the CBI probe into rape and murder case of the junior doctor at RG Kar Hospital, Banerjee while addressing a public event to mark the foundation day of Trinamool Congress's students' wing at Mayo Road, said:...

"I asked for five days, but the case was sent to the CBI. They don't want justice. They want a delay. It has been 16 days, where is justice?" she asked while slamming BJP on several issues like 'Nabanna Abhijan" and Bangla bandh.