Kolkata Doctor rape-murder case: CBI visits RG Kar Hospital for digital blueprint

Published On 2024-08-17 07:00 GMT   |   Update On 2024-08-17 07:00 GMT

Kolkata: As the protests over the brutal rape and murder of a postgraduate medico at R G Kar Medical College Hospital in Kolkata continue, a team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrived on Friday afternoon to capture a detailed digital blueprint of the site where a tragic incident took place.

The CBI team utilized a high-precision 3D laser scanner to record the digital blueprint of the site of the incident.

Earlier in the day, four doctors of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital were summoned by the CBI amid the ongoing protest over the rape-murder of a trainee doctor, sources said, news agency ANI reported.

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According to the sources, the CBI summoned the four doctors for interrogation regarding what happened the night of the incident.

According to an ANI report, Accused Sanjoy Roy was also brought out of the CBI Special Crime Branch in the CGO Complex, Kolkata for a medical examination.

Meanwhile, doctors across the nation intensified their protests over the rape and murder of the trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College. Junior doctors and medical students at Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad staged a protest against the rape and murder of a woman resident doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

In Delhi, junior doctors and medical students at RML Hospital staged a protest against the rape and murder of a woman resident doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

In response to the incident, the Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) called for a 12-hour general strike in Siliguri on Friday. 

Medical Dialogues team yesterday reported that in response to the recent violent mob attack at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata during a peaceful protest on Thursday, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has declared nationwide withdrawal of services by doctors for 24 hours from 6:00 am on Saturday, August 17 to 6:00 am on Sunday, August 18. 

On Thursday, police said that a mob of between 5,000 and 7,000 people, including several individuals invaded RG Kar Hospital, attacked protesting doctors and medical students, and attempted to ransack the premises on the night of August 14.

On August 9, a postgraduate trainee doctor was raped and murdered on duty at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata, which has led to nationwide strikes and protests by the medical fraternity.

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