"Need safe society...": Wife of Sourav Ganguly holds candlelight protest for Kolkata rape-murder victim

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 21 : Dona Ganguly, Odissi dancer and wife of former Indian team captain Sourav Ganguly, along with members of her dance academy held a candlelight protest against the rape-murder case at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on Wednesday and asserted that the people needs a "safe society."
"We are protesting against rape. We need a safe society. Rape needs to stop," Dona Ganguly told reporters.
Sana Ganguly, daughter of former Team India Captain Sourav Ganguly demanded justice in the Kolkata rape and murder case.
"We want justice, this has to stop. Every day we hear about some rape case and we feel bad that this is happening even in 2024 and this has to stop," Sana Ganguly said.
This tragic incident has led to nationwide protests and raised serious concerns about the safety of healthcare workers across the country.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Supreme Court constituted a 10-member National Task Force to make recommendations on the prevention of violence and safe working conditions for medical professionals. The task force includes Surgeon Vice Admiral Arti Sarin, among others.
The members of the NTF team includes, surgeon Vice Admiral Arti Sarin, AVSM, VSM, Director General, Medical Services (Navy); Dr D Nageshwar Reddy, Chairman and Managing Director, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology and AIG Hospitals, Hyderabad; Dr M Srinivas, Director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi; Dr Pratima Murthy, Director, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru; Dr Goverdhan Dutt Puri, Executive Director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur; Dr Saumitra Rawat, Chairperson, Institute of Surgical Gastroenterology, GI and HPB Onco-Surgery and Liver Transplantation and Member, Board of Management, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi; Member, Court of Examiners, Royal College of Surgeons, England; Professor Anita Saxena, Vice-Chancellor, Pandit B D Sharma Medical University, Rohtak. Formerly Dean of Academics, Chief- Cardiothoracic Centre and Head Cardiology Department at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi; Dr Pallavi Saple, Dean, Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Mumbai; and Dr Padma Srivastava, formerly Professor at the Department of Neurology, AIIMS Delhi, currently serving as the Chairperson of Neurology at Paras Health Gurugram are among the members of the team.
Days after the rape and murder of a junior doctor in Kolkata sparked nationwide protests, the apex court suo motu took up the case and directed the task force to submit an interim report within three weeks and a final report within two months.
The top court also asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file a status report on the status of the investigation in the rape case. The court asked the West Bengal government to file a status report on the mob attack incident in the RG Kar hospital on August 15.
On August 9, a postgraduate trainee doctor was allegedly raped and murdered while on duty at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata, sparking nationwide strikes and protests by the medical community.