Kolkata: West Bengal Governor, C.V. Ananda Bose, said on Wednesday that the state is no longer safe for women folk.

His comments came amid a series of events of sexual crime against women, including that of the second-year Dalit medical student of a private medical college & hospital at Durgapur in West Burdwan district earlier this month.

“The recent Durgapur rape incident is not just an isolated incident. It is rather a continuation of a series of crimes that have been happening repeatedly. West Bengal is not safe for women and girls now, which is indicative of a deep-seated illness in the society,” he said.

The Governor added that the real strength of a society depends on how safe women feel there. If judged by that standard, then it must be said that women in West Bengal today are

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