As the investigation into the rape and murder as well as the vandalism progresses, questions are being raised over the motive of the vandals. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as well as opposition CPM and BJP alleged that the violence was meant to destroy evidence.Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, the lawyer of the rape victim’s parents, also stated in court that the vandals had “instructions to wipe out evidence”.The emergency ward, nursing station, medicine store and parts of the outpatient department of the hospital were vandalised by miscreants amid midnight protests by women across West Bengal. An unverified video also surfaced on social media in which someone is heard shouting “go to the seminar hall”, leading to speculation that the vandals planned to tamper with the crime scene.The BJP on Saturday accused the West Bengal government of cracking down on doctors and a section of the media for demanding justice in the rape and murder case of a trainee doctor, terming it the “most sinister and institutional cover-up” to save the culprits.BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla claimed that the sole agenda of the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led government is “silencing the truth, saving rapists and destroying evidence at any cost”.He told reporters that 43 doctors were transferred in the state, including a few to remote areas, for allegedly raising their voice for justice while police have been warning citizens and journalists of legal action for their crusade for justice.The priority of police is not to act against thousands of vandals who stormed R G Kar Medical Hospital but to act against those raising their voice for justice, he claimed, adding that some journalists have had to deactivate their social media accounts.”The TMC has come to represent an authoritarian and Talibani mindset,” the BJP spokesperson alleged, adding that the biggest of dictators will admire Banerjee for her action in this case.Meanwhile TMC leader Shantanu Sen has been removed from his post in Bengal.Poonawalla said TMC spokesperson Santanu Sen was removed from his position for saying that there were many complaints against the college principal, who was immediately rehabilitated by the government after his decision to quit.
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