CBI begins Probe into RG Kar PG medico's death case, Doctor's stir continues
Kolkata: Following the Calcutta High Court order on Tuesday, the Central Beauru of Investigation (CBI) began its investigation into the alleged rape and murder of a postgraduate medico at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata.
A CBI team visited the Tala Police Station to collect the case diary and FIR from the Kolkata Police, who had initially registered the case as an unnatural death.
The CBI has sent a specialised medical and forensic team from Delhi to Kolkata. The HC had instructed the state to provide all information and documents besides the CCTV footage they had gathered to the CBI. The Court had also expressed its dissatisfaction over the role of the police in the investigation so far, reports PTI.
However, the protesting medics intensified their agitation and called for an eight-hour cease work at all government and private hospitals across West Bengal on Wednesday.
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According to a UNI report, the protesters said they would not call off the agitation until the real culprits were arrested and handed exemplary punishment for the brutal rape-murder of the 31-year-old lady post-graduate trainee, which has shocked the collective consciousness of the nation and caused public outrage across India. Sources said the victim was resting after 36 hours of duty at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital early Friday.
Meanwhile, tension ran high in front of the hospital following a report that a room near the scene of the murder was being demolished to make a restroom.
A protestor alleged they came to know that a room close to the scene of the murder on the 3rd-floor chest department seminar hall was being demolished. The doctors immediately dispatched some volunteers to stop it. He alleged there was an attempt to tamper with evidence of the crime.
Earlier a division bench headed by Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya after hearing a batch of PILs, including that of the bereaved parents of the victim, transferred the probe from SIT of Kolkata Police to the Central Bureau of Investigation. The judges directed the Kolkata Police to hand over all the documents related to the case, news agency UNI reported.
The parents of the victim told the court that they were concerned that if the SIT probe is allowed to continue in this manner, it will not serve the purpose of the investigation to unearth the truth. The SIT only arrested one suspect - Sanjay Roy - a Civic Volunteer and there was little progress so far, court sources said.
The court-monitored CBI probe was the demand of the victim's parents.
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The government has also said that no police action would be taken against doctors involved in the strike, either in Kolkata or across the nation. Though the resident doctors across the country are expected to resume their duties immediately, the other doctors' outfits are not willing to relent.
According to the PTI report, Dr Ragunandan Dixit, General Secretary of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Resident Doctors' Association said, "It was unanimously decided that AIIMS resident doctors, including foreign nationals, sponsored candidates, fellows, and undergraduates, would continue their indefinite strike until a written assurance is provided for the implementation of the Central Protection Act, suspension of the former Principal pending inquiry, and the fulfilment of other demands."
FAIMA and the Resident Doctors' Association of the Indira Gandhi Hospital too said that the strike would continue and the OPDs, OTs, and wards would be shut.
