West Bengal Women's Commission Chairperson Leena Gangapadhaya and Member Dipanwita Hazari today visited the house of the girl, who committed suicide, after she was allegedly raped, officials said.
A resident of a village near Bolpur, the girl had set herself on fire and died on December 18, in a hospital in Kolkata, 10 days later.
Leena Gangapadhaya, after talking to the victims parents said, "We strongly demand exemplary punishment for the culprit. We have talked to all concerned people including hospital doctors. The police has been asked to submit a report to our office."
The representatives of the state women's commission also visited two hospitals, the Burdwan Medical College & Hospital and the Bolpur sub-division hospital, where the girl was treated.
When Sushma Sahu, a member of National Commission for Women visited the girls house on December 22, the victim's mother had alleged that her daughter was not at all treated in those two hospitals.
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