No country for women? Nurse who treated 'Nirbhaya' gangraped in Punjab
New Delhi: After a nurse was gangraped in Punjab on Monday, leaders have called for a strict action against the culprits involved.
The victim happens to be one of the nurses involved in the treatment of the victim of Delhi gangrape of December 16, Nirbhaya at Safdarjung hospital in Delhi.
"This is a matter of grave concern. She is not only Nirbhaya's nurse , she is a nurse, she is a women and I believe such kind of behaviour towards women is not only deplorable but this is something beyond contemplation. Strictest action should be taken against those who have done this to the good nurse," Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Sambit Patra said.
Chairperson of Delhi Commission for Women Barkha Shuklla Singh said that the society is becoming increasingly self-centred, and that it is not only a matter of law, but the entire society must be responsible to cases like rape.
Criticising the society, she further added, “But every person is self-centred. Unless the society awakens it will be difficult to put a stop on it, how far will the law and police stop."
"Like it has been reported that she has been gangraped, her medical tests and her statements must be recorded. If she is not doing it, then it must be probed and the Punjab police must look into all of this so that the truth comes out of it," Singh said
The nurse was allegedly gang-raped by seven men in Budhlada town of Punjab's Mansa District on Monday.
She has refused to undergo medical tests and record her statements before the police. Meanwhile, two of the accused in this case, Balwinder Singh Kala and Manwinder, have been arrested by the Punjab Police. The victim was also robbed of many valuable items, including jewellery, cash and other items.
