Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Saturday met the parents of the RG Kar Hospital rape and murder victim in Kolkata and reportedly assured them that he would do whatever he could to help them get justice. Bhagwat is on a 10-day tour of West Bengal.

“Mohan Bhagwat said he is with us in our fight for justice, he will help us as much as he can. We spoke to him for an hour and he also invited us to have lunch with him. We have given him a letter on everything that has happened and our fight for justice. He assured us he will do everything he can to ensure we get justice,” the deceased victim’s father told The Indian Express after meeting the RSS chief at Newtown Guest House.

The victim’s father said that they have sent letters and emails to the offices of the President, Prime Minister and home minister seeking an appointment but were yet to get a response.

The rape and murder of a junior doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in August last year had sparked outrage and triggered protests across the state. In October last year, Bhagwat had slammed the alleged attempts to cover up the incident. “What happened in Kolkata in the R G Kar Hospital was a shameful incident, which is an insult to all of us,” he had said while addressing RSS workers at the annual Vijayadashami Utsav in Nagpur.

Last month, West Bengal BJP president and Union minister Sukanta Majumdar had visited the parents of victim and assured them that he would forward their grievances against the CBI to “appropriate authorities”. On the same day, the parents had also met West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose, who reportedly assured them that they would get justice.