Kolkata rape-murder: North Bengal Medical College doctors protest, demand justice for victim

Darjeeling (West Bengal) [India], August 29 (ANI): Doctors at North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH) in Siliguri held a protest on Thursday regarding the rape and murder of a woman doctor in Kolkata, demanding justice for the victim.

A protesting doctor said that the protest has been ongoing for 20 days, and will continue until justice is achieved.

“We are on the 20th day of our protest demonstration here. We are seeing that CBI has made no considerable progress till now… We want to make it very clear that this strike will go on till justice is achieved,” he told ANI.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday reached the Police Morgue of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata for further investigation of the woman doctor rape and murder case.

Earlier, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) concluded a second round of polygraph tests on former RG Kar Medical College and Hospital (RGKMCH) principal Sandip Ghosh as part of their investigation into the rape-murder of a woman doctor at the institution.

The test was conducted by a team from the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL). CBI officials had also conducted a polygraph test on the arrested accused, Sanjay Roy, in connection with the incident.

On Wednesday, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) suspended the membership of former RG Kar Medical College and Hospital principal Dr Sandip Ghosh amid a CBI probe into the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor.

On August 25, the anti-corruption branch of the Central Bureau of Investigation conducted searches at multiple locations connected to Sandip Ghosh and his relatives in West Bengal’s Kolkata.

On August 24, the CBI filed a First Information Report (FIR) against Dr Sandip Ghosh based on directives from the Calcutta High Court. The investigation was initiated after a single bench of the High Court ordered the CBI to probe the alleged corruption at the medical college.

The Calcutta High Court has granted the CBI three weeks to submit a progress report on the investigation, which is to be presented on September 17.

Earlier in the month, the Supreme Court ordered the security of Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital to be handed over to the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) while hearing the suo motu case concerning the incident.

Earlier, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) formed a disciplinary committee at the headquarters that took cognisance of the grievances of the victim’s parents and different doctor’s associations which led to his suspension, said IMA President Dr RV Ashokan on Thursday.

He further noted that the Bengal branch of IMA and other associations of doctors had written that Dr Ghosh had brought disrepute to the whole profession which led to the suspension of his membership.

IMA National President Dr RV Asokan said, “Indian Medical Association (IMA) headquarters has suspended the membership of Dr Sandip Ghosh, former Principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and the vice president of Calcutta IMA branch. A disciplinary committee was formed in the IMA Headquarters which took into cognisance the grievances as expressed by the parents of the victim where they were not able to meet the Head of the institution and were also appalled by the information given to them that their daughter had committed suicide.”

The trainee doctor was found dead in the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on August 9.