The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday arrested Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, along with Abhijit Mondal, the officer-in-charge of Tala police station, in connection with the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in the state capital.
Delegation of protesting junior doctors that arrived at CM Mamata Banerjee’s residence returned without meeting as their live stream demand was again rejected
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee was scheduled to hold a meeting with junior doctors at 6 pm today (Saturday) at her residence, with a delegation of 15 representatives
Mamata Banerjee said, "I tried my best to sit with the junior doctors. I waited 3 days for them that they should have come and settle their problem. Even when they didn't accept the verdict of the Supreme Court, I waited 3 days with my highest officials."
The doctors have been holding a sit-in outside the West Bengal Health Department's headquarters in Salt Lake, demanding justice for their colleague, who was raped and murdered on August 9th at RG Kar Medical College. Their protest, which has halted healthcare services at state-run institutions, is now in its 34th day.
RG Kar Hospital’s morgue reportedly has a thriving business of recording sex videos with dead bodies and running necrophilic porn rackets, as per CBI probe
Reacting to Mamata Banerjee's Durga Puja remark where she encouraged people to "return to festivities" as Durga Puja nears, the RG Kar victim's father questioned, "If such an incident had happened in the Chief Minister's family, would she have said this?"
The Supreme Court urged the striking doctors in West Bengal to resume their duties by 5 PM on Tuesday and warned that if the boycott continues, it may order disciplinary action against them. Kapil Sibal, representing the state, assured the court that no punitive action would be taken against the doctors if they returned to work.
BJP MP Jyotirmay Singh Mahato urged the ED to investigate Mamata Banerjee's involvement in the alleged health scam in the state given the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Hospital in Kolkata.