Kolkata: A junior doctor attached with Bangur Institute of Neurosciences (BIN) and another PGT of community medicine at the All India Institute of hygiene and Public Health have dedicated their postdoctoral theses to Abhaya, the rape-murder victim of R G Kar Medical College.
Debarup Das, the final-year PDT student of neurology, has recently submitted his thesis to the West Bengal University of Health Sciences.
The cover page of the thesis by Das reads: “Dedicated to the memory of Abhaya, PGT chest medicine department, R G Kar Medical College, praying for her rest and justice.” Similarly, PGT Rumelika Kumar wrote on the acknowledgment page of her thesis: “I could finish my thesis but Tilottama could not.”
“This is my way of a silent protest against the heinous crime. I have submitted my thesis with this message of dedication. I have not received any kind of negative remark for this act till now. And I do not expect any as I strongly believe that I have not done anything wrong,” Das told TOI. Das, who graduated from Burdwan Medical College, completed his PGT from MCH before bagging a PDT seat at BIN.