R G Kar ex-principal Sandip Ghosh.
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NHRC issues notice to Kolkata Police chief over 'brutal force' used during protests
The National Human Rights commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the Kolkata Police commissioner over the alleged use of excessive and brutal force on August 27 on protesters, who were demonstrating to demand justice for the victim in the RG Kar Medical College rape-murder case.
The NHRC has sought an action-taken report from the police commissioner in two weeks.
The notice was issued on Thursday following a complaint from one O P Vyas from the Bharatiya Human Rights Initiative (BHIM).
Existing laws strong enough, implement in letter and spirit: Centre to Mamata
Union Minister Annapurna Devi on Friday asserted that existing laws were stringent enough to tackle violence and crimes against women and urged the West Bengal government to implement the same in "letter and spirit".
In a letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the second in a week, Devi, the Union Minister for Women and Child Development, said the state government has not operationalised additional 11 Fast Track Special Courts (FTSC) to specifically deal with cases of rape and POCSO cases.
TMC students' union protests in Kolkata colleges demanding capital punishment for rapists
The Trinamool Congress students wing on Friday staged demonstrations before several colleges in Kolkata demanding amendment of the prevailing law against rape to ensure capital punishment for the offender after conviction in a fast track court.
The Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) members also called for a faster CBI probe into the alleged rape and murder case in the RG Kar Hospital.
BJP to stage dharna demanding CM Mamata Banerjee's resignation
West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury stopped by police from visiting RG Kar Hospital
Speaking to the press after he was stopped, Chowdhury said, "...I thought it is important to express my sympathy and support to these protesting doctors. I'm not here as a politician but as a person..." He added, "I have met the family members of the victim at their residence. I met them on August 14, and have met them again today. I have assured them that the entire nation is with them and they shouldn't lose hope."
The steps Mamata has taken for women are truly historic: Samajwadi Party leader Ameeque Jamei on 'Anti-Rape' Bill and demand for more stringent laws from Centre
Speaking up in support of the beleaguered Bengal CM, Samajwadi Party leader Ameeque Jamei said: "CM Mamata Banerjee wants to introduce a law against rape (cases) in the assembly. The steps she has taken for women are truly historic. First of all, BJP should clarify its stance on what it will do to support bringing the law in the Legislative Assembly. The letter that PM Modi received from Mamata Banerjee was written for the daughters of this country. We hope that PM Modi will take West Bengal CM's letter seriously and stand with her on this issue."
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TMC leader Shatrughan Sinha bats for Mamata's 'if Bengal burns, Delhi will burn too' remark; calls her 'mature'
"As far as I know my 'Didi' (Mamata Banerjee), what she said was a very mature thing. She meant to say that if they are trying to instigate people over the Kolkata incident which is being heard in Supreme Court and being probed by CBI, the impact of this will not be limited to just West Bengal," said TMC leader Shatrughan Sinha.