RG Kar Medico Death Case: Protesting Junior doctors meet Kolkata police commissioner, Demand resignation
Kolkata: The protesting junior doctors in Kolkata handed a deputation to Commissioner of Police Vineet Goyal, demanding his resignation due to alleged lapses in handling the rape and murder case of a postgraduate medico at RG Kar Medical College Hospital last month.
This action followed a 24-hour sit-in near the Kolkata Police headquarters, Lalbazar after their rally was halted by the police on Monday afternoon.
After holding a two-hour-long meeting with Goyal, the junior doctors left the road.
According to the PTI report, "The CP sir admitted that there was lapse on the part of the police which led to the heinous incident on August 9,” one of the 22 junior doctors, who met Goyal, told reporters after the meeting.
The body of an on-duty post-graduate trainee, who was allegedly raped and murdered, was found in the seminar room of state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in the city. Junior doctors have been on cease-work since that day
The junior doctor also claimed that the CP admitted that the police failed to stop vandalism of a portion of the hospital by a mob on the night of August 14.
"We have told the CP that he should resign as we are not happy with his role on that day. He said he performed his role satisfactorily and it is up to the state authorities to decide on his tenure,” the junior doctor said, news agency PTI reported.
He said their protests will continue.
“On September 4, lights will be switched off in every home across the state for an hour in memory of the deceased doctor," he said.
The Kolkata Police did not issue any statement on the meeting, adds PTI.
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