West Bengal CM urges Central govt to establish fast-track courts for handling rape cases

In response to the nationwide outrage over the rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has urged the central government to introduce national legislation and establish fast-track courts for handling rape cases.

Urging the central government to bring in central legalization and set up fast-track courts for ”sensitive” issues, to ensure fast speedy trial, West Bengal Mamata Banerjee on Thursday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the wake of the national outrage over the RG Kar medical hospital incident where a second year trainee doctor was raped and murdered.