Kolkata Doctor Rape Case: Ex-RG Kar Hospital Principal Grilled By CBI For 4th Consecutive Day
Kolkata Doctor Rape Case: Please follow this space for all the latest news and updates on the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
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Kolkata Doctor Rape Case: Please follow this space for all the latest news and updates on the rape and murder case of a trainee doctor at RG Kar medical college and hospital in West Bengal's capital city Kolkata.
A postgraduate trainee doctor was raped and murdered at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata while on duty last week. The body of the 32-year-old woman was found on August 9 morning in the seminar hall of the government-run hospital in the West Bengal capital. This incident has triggered a nationwide protest by doctors and medical fraternities.
Veteran Trinamool Congress MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy on Sunday demanded that the CBI undertake custodial interrogation of Kolkata Police commissioner and previous principal of R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in connection with its probe into the alleged rape and murder of a woman doctor.
"CBI must act fairly. Custodial interrogation of Ex Principal and Police Commissioner is a must to know who and why floated suicide story," the TMC Rajya Sabha MP wrote in a social media post.
The parents of the woman doctor claimed that they were informed over phone on August 9 morning that their daughter died by suicide at the hospital, where she worked. Kolkata police commissioner Vineet Goyal has stated that no one from the police force called up the parents to say that their daughter died by suicide.
Sandip Ghosh, who was the principal of the medical college when the crime took place, was interrogated by the CBI for long hours on Friday and Saturday.
The RG Kar college rape and murder case has sparked a series of nationwide protests by doctors, nurses, and medical students and staff crippling OPD services in many cities. In Delhi, hundreds of medics took streets on Saturday wearing stethoscopes over their white aprons.
They began their march from the Lady Harding Medical College on the sixth day of their agitation and to press for their demands such as a central law to check violence against healthcare personnel.
They held a 25-minute sit-in on reaching Connaught Place before police removed barricades and allowed them to proceed to the Jantar Mantar for the next phase of their demonstration, a candle light march.
Since Monday, non-emergency services such as OPD and diagnostics, and elective surgeries are hit at city-based health facilities, including at Centre-run AIIMS, Safdarjung hospital and RML hospital. Patients faced more inconvinience after medics from private hospitals such as Sir Ganga Ram, Fortis, and Apollo also joined protests on Sunday following a call by apex doctors' body Indian Medical Association (IMA) for a 24-hour nationwide withdrawal of non-emergency services.
In the wake of protests and strike by doctors and nursing staff, the Union Home Ministry has asked all state police forces to provide it situatuion reports every two hours. In a communication to state police forces, the ministry has said that the law and order situation of all states should be monitored in view of the protests.
"Henceforth, a continuous two-hourly law and order situation report in this regard may kindly be sent to the MHA control room (New Delhi) by Fax/ Email/ WhatsApp from 1600 hours today," the communication sent on Friday said.
Meanwhile, the former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Sandip Ghosh was questioned on Saturday for several hours by the Central Bureau of Investigation for the second consecutive day as part of its probe into the incident.
Please follow this space for all the latest updates pertaining to the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata's RG Kar medical college and hospital.
Kolkata Doctor Rape Case LIVE: Ex-RG Kar hospital principal quizzed by CBI for about 13 hours today
CBI officers questioned the former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Sandip Ghosh, for about 13 hours on Monday in connection with its probe into the alleged rape and murder of a doctor at the health facility.
Overall, he has been grilled by the sleuths for 45 hours in the past four days.
Kolkata Doctor Rape Case LIVE: CBI grills ex-RG Kar hospital principal for 4th consecutive day
CBI officers questioned the former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Sandip Ghosh, for the fourth consecutive day on Monday in connection with its probe into the alleged rape and murder of a doctor at the health facility.
Ghosh, who reached the CBI’s city office at CGO Complex in the morning, was grilled till late in the evening, an official said.
Among other queries, he was asked to specify his role after getting the news of the death of the doctor, who he had contacted thereafter and why he made the parents wait for nearly three hours before getting to see her body, the official said.
The former principal was also questioned on who had ordered renovation of rooms adjacent to the seminar hall, after the postgraduate trainee’s body was found there on August 9, he said.
Ghosh, who had resigned from the post on August 11, has been grilled for several hours in the last three days by officers of the central probe agency.
Some of his version does not match with that of the others who are being interrogated in the case, the official said.
The call records and his chat details are also being investigated.
Later in the evening, a team of CBI officers visited the RG Kar hospital to take a closer look at its Trauma Care Unit, and also collected samples.
CBI sleuths also grilled arrested accused Sanjay Roy on Monday, as the probe agency tries to ascertain whether he was alone while allegedly committing the crime.
The investigators also went to the Kolkata Police's headquarters at Lalbazar and spoke to officers who were part of the investigation when they were probing the matter, the official said. (PTI)
Kolkata Doctor Rape Case LIVE: WCD minister Annapurna Devi demands Mamata's resignation
Women and Child Development Minister Annapurna Devi on Monday demanded the resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the alleged rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata. West Bengal is witnessing a wave of anger following the alleged rape and murder of the trainee doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.
Women and Child Development Minister Annapurna Devi took to X to criticise the Mamata Banerjee-led government for its failure to address the issue and the subsequent violence at the facility.
The failure and insensitivity of the Mamata Banerjee government in the case of the doctor's rape and murder have pushed public outrage to its peak across Bengal. But instead of providing answers, the government is shamelessly suppressing dissent and threatening those who raise their voices, Devi wrote in her post.
She further questioned Banerjee's moral standing and called for her resignation. The chief minister also holds home and health portfolios.
Even leaders and MPs from Trinamool are now pointing fingers at their own government. If there is any shred of morality left in Mamata Banerjee, she should immediately step down, Devi added, using the hashtag #ResignMamata.The comments come as the case has sparked widespread protests both in the state and across the country.
The Kolkata police has arrested a civic volunteer in connection with the crime.
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