The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Monday started investigation into the brutal attack on Noida-based Odia woman software engineer and social activist linkan Subudhi.
A two-member inquiry committee comprising Nirmala Samant Prabhavalkar and Manasi Pradhan visited linakn at the Kailash Hospital in Noida, where she is undergoing treatment in a critical condition, and recorded her statement.
Sources said the team would visit the place where she was attacked and would also supervise the police action. State Commission for Women (SCW) Chairperson lopamudra Buxipatra and Rajya Sabha BJD member Renubala Pradhan along with Home Secretary Vipin Saxena also visited the hospital and inquired about linkan’s condition.
They held discussion with the doctors treating her, besides holding discussions with senior Government and police authorities urging them to take stringent action against the culprits involved in the attack. They also talked to the family members of the victim.
linkan was attacked for trying to rescue a minor girl from a forced child marriage in Noida. The 15-year-old girl’s prospective groom and her mother stabbed her and hit her with bricks, causing serious head injuries to her.
“The State Resident Commissioner here is in regular contact with the hospital authorities for her recovery. He is also coordinating with the Delhi Government and police administration to ensure justice to the victim,” said Saxena.
BJP national general secretary and Rajya Sabha member Dharmendra Pradhan visited the hospital and inquired about linkan’s condition. later, he talked to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and requested him to take action against the culprits immediately. Pradhan also talked to linkan’s family members.
Meanwhile, linkan, who has received 25 stitches on her head, was shifted to a general ward from the ICU. She is now out of danger, hospital sources said, adding that she would be kept under observation for next few days.