West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
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TMC, victim's family differ over police cover-up claims in Kolkata medic's rape-murder
The TMC on Thursday refuted accusations of a police cover-up by the parents of the woman doctor who was allegedly raped and murdered, insisting that a newly surfaced video contradicts their claims by showing the family previously satisfied with the investigation.
The family was quick to respond, claiming that the video was forcibly recorded by the police just after the cremation.
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.
Bengal guv criticises CM for not sending technical report along with anti-rape Bill
West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Thursday evening criticised the Mamata Banerjee administration for "failing to send" the technical report along with a recently passed anti-rape Bill which is necessary for giving assent to it, an official said.
Bose was very disappointed as it has been a regular practice of the state not to send technical reports along with Bills and then blaming the governor's office for not clearing them, he claimed.
"The governor criticised the state administration for failing to attach the technical report along with the Aparajita Bill. As per the rule, it is mandatory for the state government to send the technical report before a decision is taken on giving assent to the Bill," the Raj Bhavan official told PTI.
Perpetrators of RG Kar incident should be rapidly brought to justice: US-based doctor from Kolkata
A US-based doctor who has contributed immensely to India's polio elimination efforts and measles surveillance initiatives on Thursday said that the perpetrators of the rape and murder of a woman doctor at a state-run hospital in Kolkata should be rapidly brought to justice.
Seattle-based Dr Ananda Sankar Bandyopadhyay is currently in India to address a seminar on polio in Chennai later this week.
He opined that the incident at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital was a "colossal failure" of the West Bengal administration.
Bengal is going from wrong to wrong: Guv Bose
Amid ongoing protests demanding justice for the young doctor who was allegedly raped and murdered at state-run RG Kar hospital here last month, West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Thursday criticised the state administration for its handling of the situation.
Bose remarked the state government is "going from wrong to wrong," emphasising that the public’s “lack of trust” in the system has led to the recent massive protests.
Family of slain Kolkata doctor says police rushed them into cremation
The father of the doctor who was raped and murdered in India's Kolkata city said late Wednesday night that police rushed the family into cremating her even though they wanted to keep her body for some time.
Officers from Kolkata police did not respond to Reuters' requests for comment.
The Aug. 9 attack at the R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital had triggered nationwide protests as people demanded justice for the trainee doctor, who was killed in a classroom where she was resting during a gruelling 36-hour shift.
ED raids underway at the residence of former principal of Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College Sandip Ghosh and a few other places in Kolkata. ED had registered a case of PMLA in the financial irregularities case. Ghosh is presently in the custody of CBI: Sources
Close aid of former R G Kar principal who was at the hospital on Aug 9 transferred by Bengal govt: Report
A Burdwan Medical College and Hospital doctor has been transferred by the Bengal government amid widespread protests in Kolkata over the rape and murder of a doctor at R G Kar.
Birupaksha Biswas was seen at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on August 9 after the incident took place and was transferred by the West Bengal health department on Tuesday to Kakdwip Sub-Divisional Hospital in South 24 Parganas district.
On Teacher's Day Abhaya's mother pens emotional letter
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The letter, in Bengali, says how all her daughter dreamed of was becoming a doctor and things like money didn't matter to her. In the letter, the mother went out to seek justice.
Supreme Court to hear the suo motu case over the rape-murder of a doctor in RG Kar Hospital, Kolkata on Monday (September 9).
ED raids under way at the former R G Kar principal's residence
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Day after R.G. Kar rape-murder, principal ordered renovation, claims letter addressed to the Public Works Department (PWD) and signed by the former principal of Kolkata’s R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, Sandip Ghosh
When is CBI filing a chargesheet in the RG Kar Hospital rape and murder case and putting the accused on trial, asks Derek O'Brien
SC to shortly hear challenge by Ex-Principal of R G Kar Hospital Sandip Ghosh against HC Ordering CBI Probe Into Alleged Financial Irregularities
The HC on August 21 ordered to transfer the SIT probe into alleged irregularities in the tender processes and mismanagement by Ghosh to CBI
Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: Why Supreme Court postponed hearing, when is it next
This comes as CJI D Y Chandrachud is unwell and was seen attending the court virtually today.
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As an accused you have no locus to intervene in the PIL, where the HC is monitoring the investigation: CJI tells as SC begins hearing plea by former principal of Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College, Sandip Ghosh, challenging a Calcutta High Court decision that ordered a CBI investigation into his alleged financial irregularities
Accused cannot direct the way in which investigation is to take place: CJI
Supreme Court dismisses Petition By Sandip Ghosh Challenging the HC Order For CBI Probe Into The Financial Irregularities
TMC urges CBI to expedite charge-sheet in RG Kar hospital case
Senior TMC leader Derek O'Brien on Friday questioned the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) regarding the status of the charge-sheet in the RG Kar hospital rape-murder case.
"When is CBI filing a charge-sheet in the RG Kar hospital rape and murder case and putting the accused on trial? When?" he posted on X.
ED detains close aide of former principal of Kolkata's R G Kar Medical College Sandip Ghosh
Enforcement Directorate officials detain Prashun Chatterjee, a close aide of former principal of Kolkata's R G Kar Medical College Sandip Ghosh, from Subhashgram in Kolkata. Following a seven-hour operation, Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials have detained Prashun Chatterjee from his residence in the De Para area of Subhashgram. Chatterjee, a close associate of Sandeep Ghosh, was also seen in a viral video from the seminar hall at RG Kar.
BJP, PM (Modi) should stop speaking of WB doctor rape-murder and take a look at what is happening in Ujjain: Congress' Jitu Patwari
After the Ujjain rape case, the Mohan Yadav govt has promised that the accused won't be spared. But Congress' Jitu Patwari did not let go off the opportunity to volley a few jibes at BJP and Narendra Modi, saying, "BJP, PM should stop speaking of WB doctor rape-murder and take a look at what is happening in Ujjain."
Governor vs CM: After Guv Bose criticised the Mamata-led govt for not sending the 'technical report' necessary for giving assent to the anti-rape Bill, Speaker Biman Banerjee has invoked the Constitution
West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Thursday evening had criticised the Mamata Banerjee administration for "failing to send" the technical report along with a recently passed anti-rape Bill which is necessary for giving assent to it.
Today, Speaker Biman Banerjee hit back, saying, "I will request the honourable Governor (of the state) to please look into the Constitution and determine for yourself whether the bill passed by the West Bengal Assembly yesterday requires any further clarification."
"What was there to hide that Mamata Banerjee's government sent the DC and offered money to the victim's father?": BJP MP Sambit Patra
BJP MP Sambit Patra, accusing the Bengal administration of being involved in a 'cover-up' of some sort, he said, "The victim's father has said that when the body was kept at (their) home, DC North (of the Kolkata Police) came to him and tried to give him money. Why? What was the administration trying to throw under the carpet by paying bribe money to the parents of the victim?"
Patra further said, "So long as the chief minister of West Bengal and Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal continue to hold their posts, a fair investigation into the case is not possible… Hence, the BJP asks both of them -- step down from your posts for a fair trial and justice to the victim."
The BJP leader said the demolition of a doctors' room and toilets adjacent to the suspected crime spot also raised several questions.
"The victim was murdered on the intervening night of August 8 and August 9. Sandip Ghosh, ex-principal of RG Kar Medical College, issued a letter on August 10 for demolition of the doctors' room, doctors' toilet and staff toilet adjacent to the seminar room," he said.
On the same day, the health and family welfare department's principal secretary and the director of medical education held a meeting and ordered a site inspection, Patra alleged.
"Inspection was also done the same day and the said rooms were demolished. What was the hurry? An attempt was made to destroy evidence… This was not possible without the complicity of Mamata Banerjee and the Kolkata Police commissioner," he charged.
Patra demanded that call detail records of Banerjee and Goyal be retrieved to ascertain what they talked about over the phone."
Kolkata rape-murder case: Congress workers stage a protest in Kolkata, demanding justice for the victim
Kolkata Police detain protesting Congress party workers
Students of Rajabazar Science College stage protest march
BJP holds statewide 'chakka jam' in Bengal
The West Bengal BJP on Friday organised a statewide "Chakka jam" (road blockade) programme in several parts of the city and in districts for an hour demanding justice for the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital rape and murder case and also the resignation of chief minister Mamata Banerjee.
As part of the protest, BJP workers burnt tyres at multiple locations and shouted slogans seeking justice for the victim and the resignation of the chief minister, who also holds the health and home department portfolios.
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Meghwal questions Bengal for operationalising few special courts for crimes against women
Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Friday questioned the West Bengal government for establishing fast track special courts in only five to six districts to deliver swift justice for crimes against women.
He said only recently, the state has sent fresh proposals to set up such courts in more districts.
Talking to reporters here on the sidelines of an event, the minister said the rape-murder of a woman doctor in Kolkata was shameful.
He said mistakes have been pointed out in the action taken after the incident, which even was tardy.
"Matter came to the Supreme Court. Then (West Bengal Chief Minister) Mamata Banerjee wrote a letter about the need for fast track courts. The scheme (for fast track special courts) already exists," he pointed out.
He said except for five-six districts, the courts were not set up (in West Bengal).
Governor should clear the Aparajita Bill urgently because this is a model Bill: TMC's Kunal Ghosh
Governor should clear the Aparajita Bill urgently because this is a model Bill for the safety and security of women, but he is taking a strategy for delay. If he does not clear the Bill immediately, then the question may arise that he is delaying this because there are allegations against himTMC's Kunal Ghosh on Governor's assent for Bengal's Anti-Rape Bill
CBI 'utterly disinterested' in case, says TMC; accuses investigating agency of 'deliberate sabotage of judicial process'
TMC's official X handle posted a tweet, accusing CBI of being BJP's 'loyal sidekick' and deliberately sabotaging the investigation. The tweet read, "After a 24-day delay, the prime accused in the R G Kar case, Sanjay Roy, was set to be produced in court today. But where was the Investigating Officer? Where was the CBI counsel? Nowhere to be seen! This is how utterly disinterested the CBI is when it comes to handling the case. It’s DELIBERATE SABOTAGE of the judicial process, with CBI playing BJP's loyal sidekick rather than discharging their duty."
"BJP will organise grassroots campaign in state to unmask Bengal govt and Kolkata police": BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari accuses ex-RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh of making money hand over fist with CM Mamta's 'blessings'
Governor sends Aparajita Bill to President for assent
West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose refers anti-rape Bill passed by assembly to President for her consideration: Raj Bhavan official. (PTI)