Trinamool MP's 'avoid bad company' shocker on law student's gangrape

Moments after a gang-rape incident at a Kolkata law college came to light, Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee on Friday said that a woman should be aware of the company she keeps before going out with men who have such "dirty mindsets" in what appears to be a blatant case of survivor-shaming.

"Those who are roaming around with such people should understand whom they are accompanying," Bengal's ruling party MP told reporters in Kolkata.

When Banerjee was asked how such an incident could happen barely a few months after RG Kar medical student gang rape case, he said, "No law or no police could stop this. Until and unless the mindset is changed."

Banerjee further asked why women were not taking a stand against men with such a "dirty mindset." He said that if the college authorities were responsible, they should also be held accountable. "College authorities are not part of the government machinery," he said, defending his government, and added that it is not possible for the police to provide protection to women everywhere in the state.

A student was allegedly gang-raped at a law college in Kolkata last week. The incident comes barely six months after a medical student was brutally raped and murdered in the RG Kar Medical College in the city. Three men have been arrested in connection with the incident so far.

As per the complaint, the incident happened inside the South Calcutta Law College campus between 7:30 pm and 10:50 pm on Wednesday.

The probe led to the arrests of three men, including a staffer, who was a former student and is the current student wing leader of Trinamool Congress.

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