Kolkata Police accused the student of allegedly revealing the identity and photo of the 31-year-old postgraduate trainee doctor who was raped and killed on August 9 at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
Sanjay Roy was arrested after he was spotted on the CCTV camera near the seminar hall during the time of the crime. He confessed his crime to Kolkata Police, but the CBI has doubts about his statements.
The latest incident comes as Kolkata remains on the edge with the ongoing outrage over the rape and murder case of a doctor at RG Kar Hospital in the city.
A few locals came forward to victims after the fatal road accident. They called the police seeing several people trapped in the damaged vehicle. They took them to a nearby hospital.
TMC Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray had raised questions over the conduct of the Kolkata Police Commissioner and demanded his custodial investigation along with the ex-Principal of former Principal of RG Kar Medical College.
The test is being conducted with the help of a team of five experts from CBI's CFSL wing.
Issuing the ban under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (earlier Section 144 of CrPC), Kolkata Executive Magistrate and Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal restricted protests and large gatherings around the hospital where the 31-year-old trainee doctor was raped and murdered.
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.
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