Pushing back against the criticism, Banerjee defended the state’s efforts. “As many as 10 exclusive Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (Pocso) courts have been approved by the state government,” she wrote.“In addition to this, 88 fast-track special courts and 62 Pocso-designated courts are functioning throughout the state on complete state funding. Monitoring and disposal of cases is in the hands of the courts,” she added.Banerjee also addressed concerns about the functionality of fast-track courts in the state.Meanwhile, the state government’s decision to raise the yearly wages of a civil volunteer from Rs 3 to 5 lakh has invited flak as the suspect in the Kolkata rape-murder case was a civic volunteer.Suvendu Adhikary, Leader of the Opposition, said “ This shows how eager the government is to safeguard the rights of civic volunteers. Instead of looking after the welfare of the Kolkata victim’s family, the chief minister is busy increasing the stipend of the civic volunteers. This is horrible.”
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