On the Prime Minister’s 74th birthday on September 17, 2024, a famend activist Dr. Ahmed Haque prolonged birthday needs, expressing hopes for a protracted, wholesome life stuffed with continued contributions to the nation, simply as he has been doing.
Within the letter, Indian peace activist Dr. Ahmed Haque wrote to Prime Minister Modi, extending his needs and highlighting an incident. He urged that August 9, 2024, the day when a trainee physician was discovered raped and murdered at R.G. Kar Hospital, Kolkata be designated as ‘Rape Prevention Day.’
In keeping with The Crime in India report printed by the Nationwide Crime Information Bureau in 2023, a complete of 4,45,256 instances of crimes in opposition to girls had been registered throughout India in 2022, averaging nearly 51 FIRs each hour. This is a rise from 4,28,278 in 2021 and three,71,503 in 2020, and the numbers proceed to rise every year, which is deeply alarming for our nation. India is a rustic the place girls are revered like goddesses, and witnessing such crimes is each horrifying and disappointing for the individuals of India.
The R.G. Kar Hospital’s physician trainee rape and homicide incident is well-known to everybody. The invention of the 31-year-old physician’s bloodied physique on the state-run hospital in Kolkata on August 9 sparked medical strikes and protests throughout India, channelling the widespread anger over the persistent concern of violence in opposition to girls.
In his letter, peace activist Dr. Ahmed Haque said that designating August 9 as ‘Rape Prevention Day,’ the day the physician was raped and murdered, would assist elevate consciousness about girls’s safety. In keeping with Dr. Haque, “Declaring August 9 as ‘Rape Prevention Day’ will assist each Indian perceive what the physician and her household endured, and reaffirm their dedication to the imaginative and prescient of a rape-free India.” His letter additionally talked about, “This shall mark as a robust step in the direction of social justice and can have a big impact on Indian society.”
After requesting the designation of the day as ‘Rape Prevention Day,’ he additionally spoke about Hindu-Muslim unity. He emphasised that as a substitute of opposing one another, each communities ought to unite to struggle in opposition to poverty. He additional wrote that Prime Minister Modi’s motto, ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas,’ is actually commendable, and he hopes that marginalized and discriminated communities won’t ever be overlooked of his imaginative and prescient of an inclusive India. He additionally expressed hope for higher efforts towards supporting minorities and discriminated communities.
Dr. Haque, who runs the NGO Simply World Order Federation (JWOF), additionally talked about in his letter that the federal government is doing a commendable job by making legal guidelines to forestall rapes however extra efforts are wanted to make girls really feel secure and assist them lead a life stuffed with respect and safety on the grassroots degree.
On September 9, the Supreme Courtroom set a deadline for the protesting medical doctors to renew companies by September 10 at 5 p.m. and instructed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to submit a contemporary standing report. As of now, 5 arrests have been made, together with that of the prime accused, Sanjay Roy, who’s reportedly the one particular person accused of rape. The hospital’s former principal, Sandip Ghosh, has additionally been arrested, together with two distributors and a safety officer.
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