RG Kar Rape-Murder Case: Junior doctors stage rally for justice

Kolkata: Junior doctors in Kolkata took to the streets on Saturday, marking three months since the tragic rape and murder of a postgradaute trainee doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital. The rally, organized by the West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front, demanded justice for the victim and highlighted ongoing concerns about the safety of medical professionals.

A section of members of the general public sympathetic to their cause also took part in the rally.

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According to the PTI report, the junior doctors under the banner of West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front also set up platforms at all medical colleges in the city, featuring photos, banners and posters about the protests over more than three months since the murder of the doctor on August 9.

The junior doctors took out the rally from College Square to Esplanade in the heart of the city.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that the Supreme Court on Thursday denied a request to transfer the trial of the RG Kar rape and murder case outside West Bengal, stating that the trial court judge had sufficient powers to order a further investigation if deemed necessary based on the evidence. A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud said the trial court judge had sufficient powers to order another investigation upon feeling it necessary after examining the evidence.

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