Apparently perturbed over gang-rape of a teenage girl from Bihar in Kolkata two days back, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday took a serious note of the incident and announced Rs 1 lakh ex-gratia assistance to the victim’s family.
Amid simmering political mood over the incident, the Chief Minister also sent a senior police official to Kolkata to take stock of the situation.
A 16-year-old teenage girl from Bihar was allegedly gang-raped twice before being set ablaze in Kolkata on December 31 following which she later died in the hospital. Doctors who had been treating the teenager said she was pregnant at the time of her death.
The incident triggered huge public and political protest in Kolkata and also attracted attention from National Women Right organisation. While recalling the infamous Delhi gang-rape of Damini the local newspapers in Bihar too carried the news of Bihar girl being gang-raped twice in Kolkata prominently on Thursday.
Nitish Kumar immediately announced ex-gratia assistance of Rs one lakh from Chief Minister’s Relief Fund to the victim’s family and sent a senior police official to Kolkata. He also talked to the family members of the victim girl and assured all possible help while expressing his sympathy with them.
He also said that his Government has been keeping track of all developments in the case with the Bihar Chief Secretary, Home Secretary and the State police chief were in touch with the officials in West Bengal. Nitish also said that if the victim family would come to Bihar the State Government must do all assistance for their rehabilitation.