What can be done if a friend rapes his friend: TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee on Kolkata law student gang-rape case

Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee on Friday reacting to the alleged gang-rape of a law college student in Kolkata, asked, “What can be done if a friend rapes his friend?”

"I am not an advocate into the incident that occurred at the Law College but the accused should be arrested. A few men commit this type of crime...But what can be done if a friend rapes his friend. Will the Police be there in schools? This was done by students to another student. Who will protect her (victim)? This (South Calcutta Law College) is a government college. Will the Police always be there?" the ruling party MP said.

Banerjee also had a word of caution for "those who are roaming around with such people" saying that they "should understand whom they are accompanying," as reported by India Today.

When he was asked about how such an incident could happen after RG Kar medical student gang-rape case, the publication quoted him as saying, "No law or no police could stop this. Until and unless the mindset is changed."

The first-year student of South Calcutta Law College complained to the police that she was gang-raped inside the institution by an alumnus and two senior students of the institution on the evening of June 25.

All three accused were arrested on Thursday. The medical examination of the 24-year-old woman was also conducted on the same day.

With PTI inputs