Actor Alia Bhatt has expressed shock and outrage over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata. Taking to Instagram on Wednesday night, Alia shared a note about the horrific incident. In the post, Alia raised concern over the safety of women.
(Also Read | Richa Chadha requests CM Mamata Banerjee for swift justice in Kolkata trainee doctor rape-murder case ) Alia pens note on Kolkata rape-murder Alia wrote, "Another brutal rape. Another day of realisation that women are not safe anywhere. Another horrific atrocity to remind us that it's been over a decade since the Nirbhaya tragedy, but still nothing much has changed.
" She also shared statistics from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) 2022 report. She added, "How are all of us as women supposed to feel? How are we supposed to go to work or go about our daily lives with this playing on our minds. This horrific incident has once again reminded us that women disproportionately bear the weight of ensuring their own safety.
" The actor continued, "Despite the many crimes and all the women who have suffered, there is no real recourse or hope that things will change. We could not save this young woman, but we can try to prevent it from happening again. My request to the powers that be-- FOCUS on the safety of women in FOCUS on creating safe spaces and increase all avenues of protection; FOCUS on the why.
The writing is on the wall, that there is something fundamentally wrong with the way our society currently functions.