In what brings shame on India’s PM Narender modi, a US Ayurveda doctor was allegedly molested by five men on April 22 on the campus of the renowned Banaras Hindu (BHU) in Varanasi. Interestingly, Varanasi is the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Dr Bhaswati Bhattacharya, who is pursuing her PhD in ayurveda at BHU – researching to find a cure for diabetes – still feels scared that she could have been turned into another Nirbhaya.
“This is what happens in Modi’s raj. One year of his prime ministership, Modi had launched scheme Beeti Bachao, beeti padhao but he fails to avoide such shameful acts.
Women are still as unsafe as they were under the Congress rule.
According to her, she was attacked by five persons around 7.45 pm on April 22 when she was taking a walk with a friend on the BHU campus around the agricultural. “It was not strictly a case of mugging, the five men came on to me and tried to rape me. I have had formal self-defence training and therefore I could fight back. Though I was injured, they could not rape me and ultimately fled the spot,” Dr Bhattacharya said.
“The apathy of the Indian police system dawned upon me when the police, instead of filing an FIR, told me to keep my mouth shut. I kept going to the police station, but it didn’t serve any purpose. After the SP finally intervened, I was subjected to a medical examination. To my horror, it was conducted by two male doctors and a woman police inspector. I somehow prepared myself for this agony too, reminding myself that it could be no worse than rape!”
Dr Bhattacharya blames Modi for his extravagant foreign focus rather than trying to first light a lamp in his own house. “Modi must not forget that he is not just the leader of a section of the rich and powerful. He represents all, not just corporates and industrial houses.
Rather than roaming the world and trying to make others to invest in India by making others happy, he must make an effort to invest himself in his own country. We Indians are more important than FDI,” she added.
Meanwhile, the police are trying to put the blame for the delay in filing of FIR at her door. “We had filed a report under the relevant sections, including for molestation.