On Thursday, August 15, Leader of Opposition in West Bengal, BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari requested Union Home Secretary to deploy central forces at RG Kar Hospital in Kolkata. Notably, RG Kar Hospital was where a young Doctor was brutally raped and murdered last week. Suvendu Adhikari’s plea for deployment of central forces came after a mob vandalised hospital premises and disrupted the protests asking for justice in the case.
In a letter to the Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Suvendu Adhikari claimed that goons sent by the ruling Trinamool Congress government attacked the hospital to destroy evidence of last week’s rape and murder of the trainee doctor at the hospital. He also expressed deep concern over the integrity of the investigation and the safety of the protesting doctors.
Suvendu Adhikari wrote on X (formerly Twitter), “The WB Govt & @KolkataPolice have turned RG Kar Medical College and Hospital into a stinky quagmire by firstly allowing culprits to establish their fiefdom of crime and now allowing TMC goons to stomp upon the whole premises to destroy evidence.”
The WB Govt & @KolkataPolice have turned RG Kar Medical College and Hospital into a stinky quagmire by firstly allowing culprits to establish their fiefdom of crime and now allowing TMC goons to stomp upon the whole premises to destroy evidence (whatever was left of it) and scare… pic.twitter.com/5xQ5BljoGE
— Suvendu Adhikari (@SuvenduWB) August 15, 2024
Suvendu Adhikari added, “Such was their perversity that the unruly mob tried to break into the Girls’ Hostel at midnight when the Policemen took refuge inside the toilets.”
He further said, “I have written to the Hon’ble Home Secretary; Ministry of Home Affairs; Shri Ajay Kumar Bhalla and Hon’ble Director, Central Bureau of Investigation, regarding the vandalism that took place at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital and requested them to deploy Central Armed Paramilitary Forces to prevent further destruction of evidence at R G Kar.”
Mob attack on RG Kar Hospital
Notably, on intervening night of 14th-15th August, a mob of 50-odd men laid siege at the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. The goons carried out attacks against the protesting doctors demanding justice for the rape and murder of a female trainee doctor.
In videos that have now surfaced on social media, the mob was seen vandalising the hospital premises, damaging police vehicles and physically attacking doctors present there.
The development occurred within hours of protestors hitting the streets in West Bengal to ‘reclaim the night’ and make public spaces safe for women.
The mob carried out vandalism at the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital without hesitation despite a significant police presence at the facility. The attackers were also involved in stone pelting.
