The following are LIVE updates on the rape-murder case in Kolkata:
In order to further the investigation into the rape and murder of a woman doctor at a hospital in Kolkata, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a status report with the Supreme Court. Doctors are on a nationwide strike in response to the tragedy. On Tuesday, a court chaired by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said that the country needs to make changes immediately and established a National Task Force to protect doctors. The matter is now back on the top court’s calendar.
Kolkata doctor rape case: On Thursday night, after midnight, unknown miscreants broke up the nonviolent demonstration against the barbaric killing and rape of a trainee doctor at a government-run hospital in the capital of West Bengal. Security personnel were forced to break up the crowd after unknown hooligans broke into RG Kar Medical College and vandalized the protest location, cars, and public property.
The internet has been circulating many videos of the unidentified troublemaker trying to stir up trouble during the demonstration. As part of the ‘Reclaim the Night’ campaign, which gathered traction on social media, vital regions in small towns and large cities, including portions of Kolkata, saw the start of midnight protests at 11:55 p.m.
facts to know about the midnight protest in the Kolkata RG Kar doctor murder and rape case.
In the guise of protestors, some forty persons entered the hospital. They started damaging the premises and throwing stones at the police officers before anyone could comprehend. According to PTI, which cited police, the police used tear gas shells in retaliation to scatter the crowd.
The miscreants, who carried sticks, bricks, and rods, even damaged a portion of the RG Kar Hospital’s Out Patients Department (OPD) ward, the hospital’s nursing station, and the medical store.
Additionally, the CCTV cameras in and around the area were smashed by the hooligans. Additionally, they looted a platform where junior physicians had been staging protests since the doctor’s death on August 9th, according to PTI.
Another social media user posted a video and asserted that criminals were transported in trucks to the protest location in order to incite mayhem in the wake of the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor who was on duty in Kolkata. Mint was unable to independently confirm if the videos were legitimate.
Agitating doctors were beaten by the goons who broke onto the university. This was an attempt to lower our spirits and get us to withdraw from the demonstration. However, these occurrences have just made us more determined to fight until the very end, as one of the physicians protesting told PTI.
Anupam Roy, a final-year MBBS student from Kolkata, told ANI that despite repeated appeals from the protesting medical students, miscreants attempted to enter the peaceful “Reclaim the Night” protest march. Despite the police presence, the violent mob attacked the protest site.
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The final-year MBBS student told ANI, “Shockingly, there used to be a lot of police when protests used to happen, but when the mob arrived, there were only a few police personnel present at the spot.”
The Kolkata Police clarified on Thursday that the crime scene of the rape and death of a junior doctor was not disturbed during the violent mob attack on the RG Kar college protest site, one day after it occurred.
“The seminar room is the crime scene, and it remains unaltered. Don’t disseminate unreliable news. For spreading rumors, we will take legal action,” Kolkata Police stated in a statement.
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The leaders of the TMC, Congress, and BJP all expressed strong disapproval of the occurrence. MP Abhishek Banerjee of the Trinamool Congress declared, “The vandalism and hooliganism at RG Kar tonight have exceeded all acceptable limits.”
-Since August 9, when a postgraduate trainee doctor was discovered dead in the lecture hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, there have been nationwide protests by medical professionals and students. Following a court order, the CBI assumed control of the doctor rape and murder case in Kolkata on Wednesday and began its probe.
