Kolkata doctor-rape murder: Amit Malviya targets Mamata over cancellation of football match

Singing group Lalon joins doctors' protest in Kolkata over rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. 

Bengal's actors, directors, and technicians staged a rally in the city on Sunday to protest the rape-murder of a post-graduate trainee doctor at the state-run RG Kar hospital

West Bengal: CBI team investigating rape & murder case of the woman doctor leaves from the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

Delhi: Doctors hold an awareness march for the rape-murder incident at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

BJP national president & Union Minister JP Nadda ON X, "West Bengal under TMC is ANTI-WOMEN, ANTI-YOUTH and ANTI-DEMOCRACY. The Chief Minister has failed the people of the state, presiding over an administration which has looted with impunity. The iron grip has clearly rusted and rusted terribly."

West Bengal: Police detains football fans protesting against the rape and murder of a woman resident doctor in RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

West Bengal: Protest held near Salt Lake stadium in Kolkata against the rape and murder of a woman resident doctor in RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: Supporters of East Bengal and Mohun Bagan protest near Salt Lake stadium in Kolkata. 

 West Bengal: CBI team investigating the rape and murder case of a woman doctor is examining and conducting 3D laser mapping in the Emergency ward of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, in Kolkata.

 West Bengal: Junior doctors protest against the rape-murder incident at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata.

Kolkata Police on Sunday summoned TMC MP Sukhendu Shekhar Ray and asked him to report at Lalbazar police station. Sukhendu has been summoned under Section 35 of the Bhartiya Nyaya Samhita (BNS) for posting misleading facts on social media. The action by the Kolkata Police came after Sukhendu, a TMC MP, strongly criticised the RG Kar Medical College Principal and Kolkata Police Commissioner and demanded their custodial interrogation.

On the rape-murder incident at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, JDU leader KC Tyagi said, "On the recommendations of the Calcutta High Court, this case has been handed over to the CBI. The CBI is continuously engaged in investigation. We hope that good results will come out soon ..."

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) started a psychological assessment test of Sanjay Roy, the accused in a rape-and-murder case of a doctor in Kolkata that has triggered nationwide protests.

Dr. Subarno Goswami had earlier given interviews to channels claiming that he has seen the PM report and that 150 gms of semen was found, pelvic bone had a fracture and it is a gang rape. Kolkata Police categorically refuted all these fake claims of his.

The students and junior doctors continued thier protest at the RG Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata.

BJP leader Amit Malviya targeted West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee over the cancellation of a football match between the East Bengal and Mohun Bagan derby to be held today. 

"In an unprecedented move, Mamata Banerjee’s Police has cancelled Kolkata's most awaited football match, the East Bengal vs Mohun Bagan derby, scheduled for 18th Aug. The tickets were all sold out. REASON GIVEN: inability to provide security for the game. It speaks volumes about the condition of law and order in West Bengal, under Mamata Banerjee, if they are unable to provide security to around 60,000 people, let alone State’s 10 crore population. But the REAL REASON is: supporters of both East Bengal and Mohun Bagan were planning to carry posters and placards seeking justice for the RG Kar MCH rape and murder victim, along with a demand for Mamata Banerjee to resign. The game was cancelled fearing this kind of mass protest," he posted on X.

"CBI must act fairly. Custodial interrogation of the principal and Police Commissioner is a must to know who and why floated suicide story. Why wall of hall demolished, who patronised Roy to be so powerful, Why sniffer dog used after 3 days. 100s of such questions. Make them speak," TMC MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray posted on X.

The government's assurance on Saturday to form a panel for suggesting measures to boost the safety of healthcare personnel failed to quell protests by medics who remained firm on their demand for a central law on the matter and decided to continue their agitation against the alleged rape and murder of a woman trainee doctor in Kolkata.

In a communication issued on Friday, August 16, the MHA requested regular updates on the law and order situation from state and Union Territory police forces in response to the Kolkata incident.

A psychologist who is a part of the CBI team has also reached Kolkata. He will assist the CBI team in the investigation, said the CBI sources.

The OPD services were hit across the country as doctors joined the 24-hour nationwide strike called by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) to protest the incident at the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital last week and the subsequent vandalism at the facility. The association also sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention in realising its five demands, including a central law to check violence against healthcare personnel and declaring hospitals safe zones with mandatory security entitlements.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has released the former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Dr Sandip Ghosh after about 13 hours of interrogation Saturday, but has been asked to appear before the agency today again, said the reporter.

The government's assurance on Saturday to form a panel for suggesting measures to boost the safety of healthcare personnel failed to quell protests by medics who remained firm on their demand for a central law on the matter and decided to continue their agitation against the alleged rape and murder of a woman trainee doctor in Kolkata.