Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee said that the conviction rate for rape cases in India is 26 per cent. He also demanded a stringent "anti-rape law" that ensures trials and convictions within 50 days. Banerjee posted on X a chart that stated rapes and atrocities against women in the last 15 days after the RG Kar Hospital incident.
The TMC MP said, "This collage stands as a stark reminder of the state of affairs in India over the last 15 days as the nation fights for justice against rape. The answer is clear: a stringent anti-rape law that ensures trials and convictions within 50 days, followed by immediate and harsh punishment. The shocking truth is that the conviction rate for rape cases in India is a dismal 26 per cent.
This translates to only 26 convictions out of every 100 reported cases, while 74 offenders escape unpunished." "If we are to deliver justice to the victims of this appalling crime, it is imperative that we demand a time-bound anti-rape law from our state and union government," he added. Abhishek Banerjee also asserted that anything else is futile, merely symbolic and ultimately ineffective.
The TMC MP's statement comes in the wake of a scheduled protest of students on Tuesday against the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at the RG Kar Medical College. Meanwhile, in the wake of the scheduled protests the West Bengal police have tightened security around the West Bengal state secretariat "Nabanna". Ahead of the demonstration, the police deployed vajra .