Doctors across the country are protesting against the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. The West Bengal government is planning to launch a programme for the safety of women at workplace at night.
Kolkata doctor rape-murder: Trinamool Congress leaders including the Minister of State for Health Department Chandrima Bhattacharya refused to give comments on the transfer of the doctors.
The Opposition has often targeted the Trinamool Congress government over the 'security of women' in the state in the last 13 years of the Mamata Banerjee government.
While one user on social media accused the Bengal Police of playing the victim card, several said it was police's responsibility to ensure safety for all.
The trainee doctor was allegedly raped and murdered while on duty on August 9, sparking widespread protests and unrest across the medical fraternity. The NCW, taking suo moto cognizance, initiated an inquiry and has called for immediate corrective measures to prevent such incidents in the future.
The CBI took over the investigation of the Kolkata rape-murder case from the local police and started its probe. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee carried out a protest march in Kolkata today against the rape and murder of the woman doctor at a hospital in the city.
Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: Thousands of women from all walks of life hit the streets across West Bengal, protesting the horrific rape-murder of a doctor on duty at a Kolkata hospital last week. The protests were also marked by violence in some areas.
The Calcutta High Court issued a scathing rebuke to the Bengal government following a mob attack at a hospital. The court described the incident as an "absolute failure of state machinery," expressing grave concerns over the government's handling of law and order.
News agency ANI reported citing CBI sources that 4 doctors of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital have been summoned by CBI Special Crime Branch in CGO complex, Salt Lake, Kolkata and the probe agency will interrogate these PGT (PG trainees) regarding what happened in the night of the incident.
Kolkata rape and murder: Unidentified miscreants vandalised a part of the hospital where a woman doctor was found dead allegedly after being raped last week.
Thousands of women from all walks of life hit the streets across West Bengal, protesting the horrific rape-murder of a doctor on duty at a Kolkata hospital last week. The protests were also marked by violence in some areas.
Kolkata rape and murder: Unidentified miscreants vandalised a part of the hospital where a woman doctor was found dead allegedly after being raped last week.
Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: A trainee doctor was brutally raped and murdered in Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College on August 9. The Calcutta High Court has ordered a CBI investigation into the incident.
The family of the trainee doctor brutally raped and murdered in Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College on August 9 revealed their traumatic ordeal, initially being told it was a suicide. Politicians, including Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi, demanded swift justice.
The division bench of the chief justice of the Calcutta High Court ordered the state counsel to submit a leave application or the court will issue an order in this regard.
Hundreds of students carried out a candle march in West Bengal's Kolkata on Monday as a mark of protest against the rape and murder case of a postgraduate trainee doctor in state-run RG Medical College and Hospital.
The resident doctors raised concerns about the integrity of the ongoing probe and called for transparent investigation into the case. They urged an immediate transfer of the case to the CBI.
After the gruesome rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, CM Mamata Banerjee met the family of the victim today. She said that if there are more accused and are still not arrested by Sunday, she will hand over the case to CBI.
Following the recovery of the female doctor's body, the police started the investigation and arrested one suspect. The preliminary autopsy indicates murder after a sexual assault.
On August 15, the Kolkata Metro said the regular metro services will be available from 6: 50 AM to 9:40 PM.
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