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Women students of different universities in Bangladesh formed a human chain on the Dhaka University campus protesting against the rape and killing of a woman trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital.

The protesters also demanded justice for the victim Moumita and also sought the resignation of chief minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee from the Human Chain.

The human chain was formed in front of the Raju Monument around 4:00pm on Friday and later marched toward Sahid Minar under the banner titled ‘Raise your voice, women’.

At the rally, the students said that after the rape incident, all kinds of evidence were destroyed by the medical college. Out of 4,500 rape cases, only four or five cases have been tried. Our demand to the authority is we want justice for women, we want law and its enforcement.

Aleya Tahmim, a student of the Department of Anthropology of Dhaka University, said, ‘It is an irony that we are criticising India standing in Bangladesh today. In India, at least there is partial independence on the part of the judiciary. But for the last fifteen years, there has been no such independence of the police or judiciary in our country.’

The previous ruling Awami League government gave shelter to the rapists rather than prosecuting them, she added.

While speaking, Lamisha Jamal, a student of Jahangirnagar University said, ‘The incidents of rape are so high in our country that it is difficult to remember those all together.’

Following the rape case at Sylhet MC College, she said, ‘I saw the news about the incident which was very confusing. Different media presented news differently rather than presenting the info objectively. None of the reports were well written by marking the rapists. Why is this happening? Out of more than 4,500 cases filed, even five victims do not get justice properly.’

At the end of the programme, they displayed placards with slogans such as ‘Kolkata to Bangladesh, we want justice’, ‘Justice for RG Kar, justice for Moumita’, ‘Rapist is punished only one, there is no word without death penalty’, etc. and marched towards Central Shahid Minar.