Alia Bhatt, Ayushmann join cry for justice in Kolkata doctor rape-murder case

India is currently devastated by the news of the Kolkata doctor rape and murder case According to PTI the body of a woman postgraduate trainee was found inside a seminar hall at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on the morning of August 9 Now Alia Bhatt Ayushmann Khurrana and Vir Das have spoken out against the horrific atrocityBollywood stars Alia Bhatt Ayushmann Khurrana join cry for justiceAlia Bhatt has taken to Instagram to express her disappointment with the current state of the nation On August 14 she posted a fiveslide carousel on Instagram sharing her heartbreak over the Kolkata rape and murder case In the first slide she wrote Another brutal rape Another day of realizing that women are not safe anywhere Another horrific atrocity to remind us that its been over a decade since the Nirbhaya tragedy but still nothing much has changedView this post on InstagramA post shared by Alia Bhatt aliaabhattAlia continued by providing crime statistics from 2022 3037 of Indias doctors and 8037 of our nursing staff are women In an environment of growing violence against medical personnel its the women who are more vulnerable Since 2022 there has been a 437 increase in crimes against women over 2037 of which involve rape and assault Nearly 90 rapes a day were reported in India in 2022She added How are we as women supposed to feel How are we supposed to go to work or go about our daily lives with this weighing on our minds This horrific incident has once again reminded us that women disproportionately bear the burden of ensuring their own safetyAlia further stated Despite the many crimes and all the women who have suffered there is no real recourse or hope that things will change We could not save this young woman but we can try to prevent it from happening again My request to those in powerFOCUS on the safety of womenFOCUS on creating safe spaces and increasing all avenues of protectionFOCUS on the why The writing is on the wall indicating that something is fundamentally wrong with the way our society currently functions These repeated inhuman acts toward women prove that there is something wrong at a root level and unless we dig deep and uproot the cause nothing is going to changeIn the final slide Alia stated that women deserve better than thisAyushmann KhurranaView this post on InstagramA post shared by Ayushmann Khurrana ayushmannkAyushmann Khurrana took to Instagram to voice his deep disappointment regarding the Kolkata doctor rape and murder case by sharing a poem titled Kaash Mei Bhi Ladka Hota I Wish I Were a Boy In this heartbreaking piece Ayushmann captures the raw emotions and fears that many women experience daily The poem reflects on how life would be different if women didnt have to constantly worry about their safetymdashhow they could walk freely at night sleep without the need for locks and live without the constant fear of violenceKangana RanautEarlier today Kangana Ranaut also spoke out about the horrific case The BJP MP took to Instagram and wrote The murder of a trainee woman doctor at the staterun RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata is horrible and horrific The seminude body of the woman postgraduate trainee doctor was found inside the seminar hall on Friday morning She was brutally murdered and her body bore multiple injury marks The preliminary autopsy report indicated sexual abuse before her murder I hope the case is transferred to the CBI for a complete inquiry and the assaulter is punished harshlyrdquoVir DasA womans safety is the job of her govt her administration her institutions her faculty her education systems her authorities her courts her country to enforce and systemically guarantee It should have nothing to do with her hours wardrobe or anything else Itrsquos OUR jobmdash Vir Das thevirdas August 14 2024