Alia Bhatt, Ayushmann Khurrana raise concerns about women’s safety after brutal rape-murder of Kolkata doctor

The shocking news of the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata has sent shockwaves across the country. Speaking about the horrifying incident, Bollywood celebrities including Alia Bhatt, Ayushmann Khurrana, and Parineeti Chopra, have expressed their outrage and raised questions about women’s safety on their social media handles.

Alia Bhatt reacts to rape-murder of Kolkata doctor

Taking to Instagram, Alia penned a note raising questions about women’s safety in India. She wrote, “Another brutal rape. Another day of realisation that women are not safe anywhere. Another horrific atrocity to remind us that it's been over a decade since the Nirbhaya tragedy, but still nothing much has changed."

Alia added that after hearing about such incidences how is one woman supposed to feel, how will she go to work daily while such incidents are playing in the back of her mind? The actress asserted that this horrific incident has once again reminded people that women bear the weight of ensuring their own safety.

The actor continued by saying that there is no hope that things will change, and she urged the authorities to focus on the safety of women and creating safe spaces for them in all avenues of life.

"These repeated inhuman acts towards women prove that there is something wrong at a root level, and unless we dig deep and uproot the cause, nothing is going to change. Don’t tell women to change their path—change the terrain. Every woman deserves better,” she concluded.

Parineeti Chopra says disgusting

Actress Parineeti Chopra re-shared a post talking about the crime on her Instagram Stories and said, "If it is too difficult for you to read, imagine what it was for her. Disgusting. Horrific. Hang him by his b***s."

Ayushmann Khurrana’s poem

Actor Ayushmann Khurrana, on the other hand, penned a heart-wrenching poem on women's safety. He took to social media and recited a poem based on women’s fear and pain in society.

Kolkata rape-murder case

A trainee doctor was found dead in the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on August 9. The horrifying incident has forced Indian citizens to speak out about women’s safety in society with people holding nationwide protest demanding justice.