Kolkata: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat has met the parents of the medic of R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, who was raped and murdered in August last year.
Following a request by the parents, Bhagawat who is on a visit to West Bengal talked to them for some time at a guest house in Rajarhat near Kolkata, where he is staying.
The functionary said that Bhagawat expressed shock after hearing about the brutalities on her and expressed solidarity with the parents.
As the mother told him about their wish to continue fight for justice to the deceased, Bhagawat promised support for the affected family “which is the need of the hour at present,” he said.
A Kolkata court sentenced Sanjay Roy, the sole convict in the case, to life imprisonment till death.
The mother of the deceased woman had requested an audience with Bhagawat after coming to know about his visit.
After the rape and murder of the on-duty doctor inside the hospital on August 9 last year, Bhagawat in a public function in the city had said it was the duty of the state government to ensure the strictest punishment to all those involved in the crime.
The parents had earlier sought to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah during his visit to Bengal in October last year but he could not grant them an audience.
