Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee demanded the CBI to complete the investigation into the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata last week by Sunday (August 18) and ensure that those found guilty are hanged by then.
“We are going to press for the hanging of the accused by Sunday. Our Kolkata Police have completed 90 per cent of the investigation. I am going to lead a protest march on August 16... I request all the mothers and sisters to join me.” the Chief Minister said while addressing a public program at Hazra crossing in South Kolkata.
A couple of days after the body of the victim doctor was found in a seminar hall inside the hospital premises on August 9, the Chief Minister had set a deadline for the Kolkata Police to complete the investigation, failing which she said the case would be handed over to the CBI. However, before the said deadline, the Calcutta High Court handed over the probe to the central agency with immediate effect.
Political observers feel the deadline set by the Chief Minister for CBI is a clandestine attempt to build up the pressure on the central probe agency. Earlier at a program in Behala, the Chief Minister threw her weight behind the city police, claiming that the Kolkata Police and the West Bengal Police are the best forces in the country.
Mob vandalizes RG Kar hospital, protest turns violentUnidentified miscreants entered the premises of state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata shortly after midnight on August 15 and vandalized portions of the medical facility, where the body of a woman trainee doctor was found last week, police said. The miscreants stormed into RG Kar Medical College and Hospital around 12.40 am and destroyed hospital property at rampant in the middle of the junior doctors’ ongoing agitation against the August 9 rape and murder of a post-graduate trainee doctor that the Central Bureau of Investigation started probing on August 14. Spurred by the 'Reclaim the Night' campaign, which gained momentum through social media, the protests began at 11.55 pm, aligning with Independence Day celebrations, and spread across key areas in small towns and big cities, including several landmarks in Kolkata. |
