An AIDWA delegation, comprising of Jagmati Sangwan , General Secretary( AIDWA), Sudha Sundararaman , National Vice president and Sehba Farooqui (General Secretary , JMS Delhi) met Chairperson of National Commission for Women (NCW) and Ms. Nirmala Samant Prabhavalkar (NCW member) in the Capital today to bring to their notice a ghastly incident of gangrape at Amta in Howrah district in West Bengal, and requested their urgent intervention.
The Chairperson and Ms. Nirmala Samant expressed their concern over the increasing occurrence of violence on women in general in West Bengal, and the need for stiff action against culprits, whoever they may be. They assured that a team of NCW under the leadership of Chairperson will visit West Bengal within a week and come out with recommendations to check the violence and to punish the guilty. They noted that in the Howrah Case, political connections should not become an impediment to the rule of law, and action should be taken by the police against the perpetrators without bias.
They assured the delegation that the NCW would intervene and take special efforts to ensure that the culprits would be caught, and punished.
Please find attached the memorandum that was submitted to the NCW
