Countless rapes forgotten by society; this collective amnesia obnoxious: President Murmu

In her first comment on the PGT doctor’s rape and murder at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, President Droupadi Murmu has told news agency PTI that she is “dismayed and horrified”.

Even as students, doctors and citizens continue to protest in Kolkata, criminals remain on the prowl elsewhere, said President Murmu.

No civilised society can allow daughters and sisters to be subjected to such atrocities, she said told PTI.

Very often, a “deplorable mindset” sees a woman as a lesser human being, less powerful, less capable, less intelligent, she said.

“Let us deal with this perversion in a comprehensive manner to curb it right at the beginning,” President Murmu said.

It has been 12 years since the case of Nirbhaya (in Delhi). In this time, countless rapes have been forgotten by society; this “collective amnesia” is obnoxious, she added.

Only societies scared to face history resort to collective amnesia; it is time for India to face history squarely, she asserted, saying "enough is enough".