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Kolkata Doctor Case: The Central Government has responded to the second letter written by Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This time too, the reply has been given by Women and Child Development Minister Annapurna Devi.
He said that in cases like rape, there is already a provision for death penalty for the accused. The Indian Penal Code (BNS) provides for a minimum of 10 years imprisonment for rape, which can be extended to life imprisonment or death.
In such a situation, the central government believes that the states should follow these laws properly, so that the victim can get justice. But the Mamata government is not taking any action regarding the pending POCSO case in Bengal.
On Thursday, Mamata Banerjee wrote the second letter to Prime Minister Modi in 8 days regarding the Kolkata rape-murder case. In this, Mamata said- I had written a letter on 22 August demanding a law to give severe punishment to the rapist, but I did not get any response from you on such a sensitive issue.
The central government has rejected Mamata's claim in which she had talked about running 88 fast track courts in the state to deal with cases like rape.
Annapurna Devi said in the second letter that it is true that 88 fast track courts are functioning in the state, but these are completely different from the Centre's plan. They hear cases of elderly, women, children, land acquisition disputes and cases pending for more than five years.
In fact, in a letter written to the PM on August 22, Mamata had said that 90 rapes are happening every day in the country. Fast track courts should be set up. In response to this, on August 26, Women Development Minister Annapurna Devi wrote a letter to Mamata, in which she alleged that most of the 123 fast-track courts in Bengal are closed. Then Mamata wrote another letter and talked about running 88 fast track courts.