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‘Why was money offered?’: BJP demands answers in Kolkata doctor rape-murder case | Latest News India

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BJP MP Sambit Patra on Friday demanded answers from the West Bengal government, led by Mamata Banerjee, over what he described as an attempt to cover up the circumstances surrounding the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. West Bengal Junior Doctor’s Front holds protest march demanding immediate resignation of Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal against RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape & murder case, in Kolkata on Sunday. (ANI Photo)(Utpal Sarkar) “A person offers money when he is corrupt and tries to hide something,” Patra said at a press conference. “What was there that had to be hidden by the government of Mamata Banerjee, and why was money offered to the victim’s father? We want answers to these crucial questions. We want the answers to the questions raised by the victim’s father.” Also Read | Sandip Ghosh’s aide detained after ED raid; BJP’s ‘chakka jam’ in Bengal | 10 points What are the allegations levelled by victim’s family? On Wednesday night, the father …

Violence Against ‘Health Warrior’ On Aug 9 ‘Barbarity Expressed in Extremity’: Dhankhar

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Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar. (File Photo) Lamenting the use of the term ‘symptomatic malaise’ by some stray voices, Dhankhar said such statements ”aggravate our excruciating pain and add salt to our injured conscience’ Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday termed the violence committed against a ”health warrior” at Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital on August 9 as ”barbarity expressed in extremity”. Addressing students and faculty members at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Rishikesh, the vice president said such barbaric incidents put the entire civilisation to shame and shreds what Bharat stands for. Lamenting the use of the term ‘symptomatic malaise’ by some stray voices, Dhankhar said such statements ”aggravate our excruciating pain and add salt to our injured conscience”. “When humanity has been shamed, there are some stray voices, voices that cause concern. They only aggravate our excruciating pain. To put it mildly, they are adding salt to our injured conscience and what do they say ’it is a symptomatic malaise, a frequent incident’. ”When it comes from someone who is a Member …

Indian Medical Association demands central law on violence against doctors hospitals KOLKATA rape murder bengal horror – India TV

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Image Source : PTI (FILE) Medics take part in protest march against alleged sexual assault and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata. Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has written to the National Task Force (NTF), which has been mandated to formulate protocol for ensuring safety and security of healthcare professionals, again demanding a central law on violence against doctors and hospitals and declaring hospitals as safe zones. Stating that the Supreme Court has constituted the NTF to evolve a national consensus and to formulate protocols with due consultation of all stakeholders, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) in its letter formulated its submission in three sections. Firstly, putting forth its demand and justification for a central act on violence on doctors and hospitals, the IMA submitted its study ‘Safety During Night Duty: Survey of 3885 Doctors Across India”, its draft proposal for Central Act, draft legislation – “The Healthcare Service Personnel and Clinical Establishments (Prohibition of violence and damage to property) Bill, 2019”, the Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Act September 2020 among others …

In letter vs letter, Centre writes back to Mamata Banerjee over Kolkata doctor rape-murder: ‘…factually incorrect’ | Latest News India

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Kolkata doctor rape-murder: Hours after West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday wrote a second letter Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterating her request for stringent central legislation and exemplary punishment on heinous crimes like rape and murder, in the wake of the Kolkata doctor’s rape-murder case, the Centre asserted that existing laws were stringent enough to tackle violence and crimes against women. Chief minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee speaks in Kolkata. (Samir Jana/ HT file) In a second letter to Mamata Banerjee in a week, Union minister for women and child development Annapurna Devi urged the West Bengal government to implement the same in “letter and spirit”. Annapurna Devi claimed that the information contained in the Bengal chief minister’s letter was “factually incorrect” and suggested that it aims to “cover up delays” in the operationalization of Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs) in the state. Devi said the state government has not operationalised additional 11 Fast Track Special Courts (FTSC) to specifically deal with cases of rape and POCSO cases. Mamata Banerjee, who wrote …

Blue or Green?: Kolkata Police on viral bedsheet colour change claims in doctor’s rape-murder | Latest News India

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Kolkata Police issued a strong denial on Thursday regarding claims circulating on social media and television channels that the colour of the bed sheet used to cover the body of the trainee doctor, who was allegedly raped and murdered, had been changed during the investigation. The case of the trainee doctor’s alleged rape and murder has sparked nationwide protests and intense scrutiny of the investigation.(Samir Jana / HT) Addressing the media, Indira Mukherjee, Deputy Commissioner (DC) of the Central Division, Kolkata Police, dismissed the claims as baseless. “Today, we have seen that there are few video clips which are viral on social media as well as in some television channels wherein there is a discussion that probably the colour of the curtain bed sheet which was used to cover the body was of a different colour than the previously declared color that was blue,” she said. Also Read | Kolkata rape-murder: Audio clip of first calls between parents, hospital surface Mukherjee asserted that the police had meticulously documented the crime scene, starting their photography and …

Alia Bhatt, Parineeti Chopra, Ayushmann express shock over rape-murder of Kolkata doctor: Women aren’t safe anywhere | Bollywood

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Actor Alia Bhatt has expressed shock and outrage over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata. Taking to Instagram on Wednesday night, Alia shared a note about the horrific incident. In the post, Alia raised concern over the safety of women. (Also Read | Richa Chadha requests CM Mamata Banerjee for swift justice in Kolkata trainee doctor rape-murder case) Alia Bhatt and Parineeti Chopra have spoken about the Kolkata rape-murder incident. Alia pens note on Kolkata rape-murder Alia wrote, “Another brutal rape. Another day of realisation that women are not safe anywhere. Another horrific atrocity to remind us that it’s been over a decade since the Nirbhaya tragedy, but still nothing much has changed.” She also shared statistics from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) 2022 report. She added, “How are all of us as women supposed to feel? How are we supposed to go to work or go about our daily lives with this playing on our minds. This horrific incident has once again reminded us that women disproportionately bear the …