In 2023, India recorded 207 cases of acid attacks with West Bengal alone accounting for 57 acid attack cases under Section 326A of IPC. The NCRB data showed that in 57 cases of acid attacks, there were 60 victims/survivors in West Bengal while in 207 cases nationwide, there were 220 victims.
From Park Street to Durgapur, Banerjee’s statements have often sparked outrage for shifting blame onto victims rather than addressing systemic failures in policing and women’s safety in West Bengal.
The slogan was first introduced as a light-hearted taunt for the BJP. But it soon became a battle cry that was accompanied by violence and political mayhem in the state.
In a horrifying incident in West Bengal’s Durgapur, a second-year MBBS student from Odisha was allegedly gang-raped by five unidentified men in a jungle...