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RG Kar doctor rape: Victim’s parents say CM Mamata Banerjee cannot ‘disown’ attempts to ‘destroy’ evidence | Latest News India

RG Kar doctor rape: Victim’s parents say CM Mamata Banerjee cannot ‘disown’ attempts to ‘destroy’ evidence | Latest News India

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Parents of the 31-year-old postgraduate doctor who was allegedly raped and murdered in RG Kar Medical College and Hospital of West Bengal’s Kolkata said on Friday that chief minister Mamata Banerjee cannot “disown” her responsibility in the alleged attempt by the police and hospital staff to “destroy” evidence. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee.(HT_PRINT) “Everyone – Kolkata Police, the hospital administration and people’s representatives from the TMC – played an active role to hush up the ghastly incident so that truth does not come to light,” news agency PTI quoted the deceased medic’s mother telling a Bengali TV channel on Friday. She alleged that the concerned authorities attempted to shield the “main conspirators” behind the crime. She also alleged that the CBI failed to unearth the role of “all perpetrators” in the crime and overlooked the “larger conspiracy” aspect. The mother also said that Banerjee cannot “disown the failure of her administration” as she is in charge of the health and police departments. “The CM has to explain why the crime scene could not be …

SC task force says separate law for violence against docs not required | Latest News India

SC task force says separate law for violence against docs not required | Latest News India

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The National Task Force (NTF), constituted by the Supreme Court to propose measures for the safety of health care professionals in the aftermath of the gruesome rape and murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on August 9, has recommended against the need for a central law to address violence against medical personnel. The report also emphasised the importance of integrating modern technology, such as CCTV surveillance at entry points, emergency rooms and intensive care units. (HT Archive) Instead, the NTF has affirmed that existing state legislations and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023 provide adequate safeguards. The NTF’s findings, presented in a detailed report, highlight that 24 states have enacted laws addressing violence against medical professionals and health care institutions, with two more states preparing similar legislation. These laws, combined with the newly enacted BNS 2023, are deemed sufficient to address both minor and major offences. According to the task force, minor offences, often arising in day-to-day hospital operations, are adequately covered by state laws, which also …

IMA holds nationwide hunger strike in solidarity with protesting Bengal junior doctors today – India TV

IMA holds nationwide hunger strike in solidarity with protesting Bengal junior doctors today – India TV

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Image Source : PTI/FILE Doctors protesting rape and murder of trainee doctor The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has announced a 24-hour hunger strike in solidarity with West Bengal junior medics on October 15. The hunger strike will be held by IMA’s Junior Doctors  Network (JDN) and supported by IMA’s Action Committee. With the hunger strike, IMA has pitched the slogan “Suno Bengal, Suno Bharat” to resonate and amplify the demands of junior medics in West Bengal who have been on fast-unto-death for the last 11 days. They are demanding justice for the post-graduate resident doctor of the RG Kar Hospital, who was brutally raped and murdered and her naked body was found inside the hospital premises. Younger doctors in Kolkata are engaged in a Fast-Unto-Death struggle for their legitimate demands, supported by the public,” the IMA noted Across the country, the IMA Junior Doctors’ Network (JDN) will organise fasting on Tuesday. IMA JDN will coordinate with Resident Doctors Associations (RDAs) as well as support their local actions,” the IMA said in a statement. “The movement …

‘Security not a luxury’: IMA writes to Bengal government over doctors’ hunger strike | Latest News India

‘Security not a luxury’: IMA writes to Bengal government over doctors’ hunger strike | Latest News India

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The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has written a letter to West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee regarding the ongoing hunger strike of junior doctors in the wake of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder, saying the protestors “deserve your immediate attention”. Film director Aparna Sen joins the junior doctors sitting on a hunger strike in protest against the RG Kar rape-murder case.(ANI file photo) “It has been almost a week since the young doctors of Bengal are on a fast-unto-death struggle. Indian Medical Association supports their just demands. They deserve your immediate attention. The Government of West Bengal is entirely capable of meeting all the demands. Peaceful ambience and security are not a luxury. They are a prerequisite. We appeal to your good self to settle the issues with the young generation doctors as an elder and the Head of the Government. The entire medical fraternity of India is concerned and trusts you would be able to save their lives. If the offices of the Indian Medical Association could be of any help we …

Kolkata rape-murder: What Mamata Banerjee-doctors’ minutes of meeting recorded | Latest News India

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West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday night accepted the bulk of the demands made by agitating junior doctors, including the removal of Kolkata police commissioner Vineet Goyal, the director of medical education (DME) and the director of health services (DHS). The deputy commissioner of police (north division), who allegedly offered money to the parents of the doctor who was raped and murdered inside the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9, will also be shunted out. Kolkata: A delegation of junior doctors moves to board a bus from their dharna site near Swasthya Bhawan for a meeting with West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee.(PTI) The protesting doctors, however, have not called off their strike as they wait for the implementation of the promises made by the West Bengal government. What did the minutes of the meeting record? On Monday evening, the doctors relented on their demand for live streaming of their meeting with Mamata Banerjee. Both sides agreed on recording the minutes of the meetings. Per the minutes of the …

Mamata accepts protesting doctors’ demands, says Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal to be removed – India TV

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Image Source : PTI/FILE West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and protesting junior doctors on Monday held a meeting after resolving the deadlock. The first round of talk lasted for nearly 2 hours at Mamata’s residence, followed by another two-and-a-half hours of finalising minutes of meetings. In the meeting, Mamata accepted the protesting medic’s demands and decided to remove Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal. Goyal will resign at 4 pm tomorrow. After the meeting, Mamata Banerjee addressed the media and said that the talks yielded positive results. She said that Goyal is also ready to resign from his post. During the meeting, doctors also demanded to remove the Director of Medical Education (DME), DHS and the Health Secretary. CM Mamata accepted the demand and removed DME, DHS from their posts.  She said that she talked to everyone separately and she believes that the doctors should return to work.   Notably, after many invitations by the government, the medics decided to meet CM Mamata today. The junior medics of RG Kar Hospital, who left work …

CBI Arrests RG Kar College Ex Principal, Cop Over Alleged Bid To Destroy Evidence

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Sandeep Ghosh was the principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Kolkata: The former principal of Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and the station house officer (SHO) who initially investigated the rape and murder of a trainee doctor have been arrested by the CBI for allegedly misleading investigators and trying to hide evidence. With their actions, the former principal Sandip Ghosh and the police officer allegedly tried to sabotage the investigation into the rape and murder case, which had sparked outrage across the nation. The arrests came hours after protesting doctors returned from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s house without meeting her after she denied their request to live-stream the meeting. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which has been questioning Sandip Ghosh over alleged financial irregularities, has added rape and murder charges against him. Source link

ED looking into ex-RG Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh’s properties | Latest News India

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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) was looking into at least seven properties of Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, and his wife, suspected to be “purchased out of proceeds of crime”. Former RG Kar Medical College and Hospital’s principal Sandip Ghosh being taken to court. (ANI) The federal agency, which is probing the alleged financial irregularities at the hospital that has been in the news since a doctor was raped and murdered there last month, found documents related to these properties as it searched the residences of Ghosh and some of his relatives and associates last week at multiple places including Kolkata. “During the search operations, documents related to properties; one flat in Murshidabad, three flats in Kolkata, two houses in Kolkata, acquired by Ghosh and his wife Sangeeta, along with documents relating to a farmhouse they own them were found,” the ED said in a statement. “…incriminating documents and digital devices belonging to Dr Sandip Ghosh were seized during the searches. These documents related to properties were seized …

Probe Agency Raids Ex RG Kar Principal’s Residence In Corruption Case

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The Enforcement Directorate on Friday conducted raids at the residence of Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. A 31-year-old trainee doctor was found brutally raped and murdered at the Kolkata college last month, sparking nationwide outrage over the safety of doctors and women in the country. The probe agency has conducted raids at 5-6 locations connected to Ghosh and his associates. The house of Prasun Chatterjee, the hospital’s data entry operator, was also searched by the ED.  Ghosh was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday in connection with alleged irregularities at the hospital during his tenure. The West Bengal government suspended him as he was placed in police custody for eight days. The former Principal has undergone two rounds of polygraph tests in connection with the rape-murder case after he was accused of negligence in the matter, including failing to file a police complaint when the woman’s body was found. While he does not face charges in connection with the killing of the …

Kolkata doctor rape-murder case gets murkier as BJP posts fresh video of victim’s parents | Latest News India

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Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: The RG Kar Medical College and Hospital doctor’s rape-murder case in Kolkata is becoming increasingly complicated. While only one accused – Sanjay Roy – has been arrested so far in the case, videos of the victim’s parents contradicting claims against the Kolkata Police are making the death of the trainee doctor even more perplexing. Citizens participate in a specially organised candlelight protest over alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor outside RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on Wednesday night. (Samir Jana/ Hindustan Times) The family members of the deceased medic, who joined the protesting doctors at RG Kar hospital on Wednesday night, accused the Kolkata Police of attempting to suppress the case by hastily cremating the body. “We wanted to keep the body of our daughter but extraordinary pressure was mounted on us and the body was cremated,” the woman’s father said as he joined doctors protesting at the college. He also alleged that a senior police officer had taken him aside and offered him money when …