Atrocities against women are unpardonable sin, says Narendra Modi amid ongoing protests over RG Kar rape and murder

Addressing Lakhpati Didi Sammelan event in Maharashtra, Modi said the safety of the women is a top priority of the nation along with their empowerment.

Modi said, “I understand the pain and anger of my sisters and daughters, irrespective of the states.”

Taking a tough stand, the Prime Minister reminded all the state governments and the political parties of the country that atrocities against women are an unpardonable sin and the guilty and his accomplice must not be spared.

Modi made the remark amid the ongoing protests across the nation over the rape and murder of a PG trainee doctor in Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

The Prime Minister remarked that public institutions, be it a hospital or a school or an office or the police system, should be made accountable and any sort of negligence on their part was unacceptable.

Modi said, “Governments may change, but our biggest responsibility as a society and as a government should be to protect the life and dignity of women.”

Latest development in RG Kar case in Kolkata

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted searches at 15 locations across Kolkata on Sunday morning in connection with allegations of financial irregularities against RG Kar Medical College's ex-principal Sandeep Ghosh, following the brutal rape and murder of a junior doctor at the hospital premises.

According to reports, a CBI team reached Ghosh's house at 6.45 am, but he opened the doors to them only at 8 am.

The CBI also searched the house of Debashish Som, who works in the state's forensic department in Kolkata's Beleghata neighbourhood.

Other CBI teams have searched the houses of former hospital superintendent Sanjay Vashisht, and medical supplier Bipal Singh in Howrah district's Hatgachha area.

According to reports, the CBI can record the statement of Akhtar Ali, the whistleblower whose information led to a corruption investigation against the former principal of the Kolkata hospital.

Ali had raised this matter in the Calcutta High Court, after which the Kolkata Police's special investigation team had recorded his statement.

The key suspect in the rape and murder case of the junior doctor has been identified as Sanjay Roy, a civic volunteer, who was seen on the hospital's CCTV near the crime scene.

Sanjay Roy, Sandeep Ghosh, and some doctors whose fingerprints were taken from the seminar hall, where the junior doctor's body was found, have been made to undergo polygraph tests.

The CCTV footage shows Sanjay Roy entering the hospital at 1.03 am, media reports said.

During interrogation, the police had shown him the CCTV evidence, after which Sanjay Roy admitted to the crime, media reports said.

The trainee doctor was allegedly raped and murdered at the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, which is located in North Kolkata's Belgachia area.

The incident triggered massive countrywide protests with women demanding justice for the doctor and even raised the question of their safety in the nation.