Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: Junior doctors continue cease work

Anupam Chatterjee, a protesting doctor, said their sit-in would continue till the resignation of the police commissioner, news agency UNI reported.

The medics have erected a make-shift tent at the site to protect themselves from the scorching sun and arranged drinking water.

The medics said they wanted to give a memorandum to Goyal and sought permission for their 20-member delegation to meet him at the police headquarters.

The protesting doctors also demanded the removal of pickets at Phearse Lane that were preventing them from crossings over to Bentinck Street and BB Ganguly Street, about 100 metres east of the police headquarters.

Sources said R G Kar Hospital's former principal Ghosh was arrested on Monday evening by the CBI's anti-corruption unit after interrogating him at Nizam Palace over alleged financial irregularities at RG Kar Hospital since 2021.

The arrest was made following a Calcutta High Court order on August 23 after former superintendent Dr Akhtal Ali moved a petition demanding a probe by the Enforcement Directorate in the alleged financial scam.

The CBI is also probing the medic murder case since August 14 after the High Court transferred the case from Kolkata Police.

So far only one person, identified as Sanjay Roy, a civic volunteer attached with Kolkata Police, has been arrested in the murder case.

The ruling Trinamool Congress legislators are expected to table on Tuesday a bill - Aparajita Mahila and Sishu (amendment) - in the state assembly to bring a stringent law to combat crime against women and children. The bill has a provision for capital punishment.

The Opposition BJP has issued a whip for its MLAs to be present on the floor of the Assembly.

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