"The people who committed the crime took advantage of the situation," Trinamool Congress MLA Madan Mitra said.
Kolkata:Adding fuel to the raging fire his party is fighting after the rape of a law student in Kolkata, Trinamool Congress MLA Madan Mitra appeared to apportion at least a part of the blame to the woman herself, saying the incident would never have happened if she hadn't gone to the scene of the crime in the first place.
The 24-year-old law student was allegedly raped at the South Calcutta Law College in Kolkata's Kasba area on Wednesday by Monojit Mishra - a 31-year-old former student of the college, who is now a practising lawyer. Two students, identified as 19-year-old Zaib Ahmed and 20-year-old Pramit Mukhopadhyay, and a security guard are the other accused, and all four have been arrested.
The Trinamool Congress has admitted that Mishra is linked to the party's student wing - while simultaneously distancing itself from him and stating that he should get the strictest possible punishment - and the BJP has shared photos of him with senior Trinamool leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee as well as state Health Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya.
Speaking about the crime on Saturday, Mr Mitra said, "If the girl had not gone there, this incident would not have happened. If she had told someone where she was going, taken a couple of friends with her, it would not have happened. The people who committed the crime took advantage of the situation."
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