Friday, February 3, 2012

SP meets NCW member, urges special attention for victims


--Open first track court, Mahila police station in each district: SP

BHUBANESWAR: Samajwadi Party (SP) of Odisha branch met Member Secretary of National Commission for Women (NCW) Anita Agnihotri here at the State Guest House during her Odisha visit on Friday. The party submitted a memorandum before her during the discussion with the member secretary on various crimes against women in the State.

In its memorandum, the party requested Agnihotri to pay a visit to the villages of the victim including Ranipur of Bhadrak, Arjungoda of Pipili and Seulitota under Chandanpur PS in Puri district, she was also requested to visit the women victims who were attacked by the Jindal goons in Angul district treated in hospital, compensation Rs 10 lakh to the families of rape victims, free treatment of Jindal victims and action against the top officials of Jindal who are responsible for the incident, to hold awareness campaigns and workshops for prevention of such crimes. Besides, the party demanded before the NCW to take steps for establishing first track courts to deal with such cases and steps may be taken to open a Mahila police station in each district headquarters.

While discussion, the party leaders brought the Bhadrak College girl murder case to notice and urged upon the member secretary to take appropriate measures to check rising crime against women community. “She assured that they will definitely take up the matter with chief secretary for crime branch investigation and she will try for compensation for the victim’s family,” said president of State Samajwadi Party Rabi Behera.

Families of the rape and murder victim Sasmita Palei of Ranipur including her sister and father were present in the meeting. Father of the victim Ganesh Palei requested before the Agnihotri for crime branch inquiry into the mysterious murder of his daughter. Sister of the victim Satyabhama alleged that her sister had been raped before murder and the postmortem report was a conspiracy to suppress their voice.

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