"Vandals, Scandals Marring Civic Life In Bengal": Governor On Kolkata Rape

Governor CV Ananda Bose said he has faith in the CBI, which is investigating the rape and murder of the 31-year-old trainee doctor at a Kolkata hospital last week.

In caustic comments directed at the West Bengal government after the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a Kolkata hospital and the subsequent vandalism in the campus, Governor CV Ananda Bose has said "vandals and scandals" are marring civic life in the state.

Mincing no words in a wide-ranging interview with NDTV on Friday, the West Bengal governor held Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee responsible for the situation in the state, claimed women medical students have told him that their families want them to leave the profession, and said it was disheartening that such incidents were taking place in a land where one of its most illustrious sons had spoken of the mind being without fear.

Mr Bose also said that he has opened a home in the Raj Bhavan, named after the 31-year-old trainee doctor who was raped and killed at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last week. The woman has been given the name 'Abhaya' (fearless) and the governor said students who feel threatened will be valued guests at the 'Abhaya Home'.