Kolkata Rape-Murder Case Highlights: Restricting number of representatives for meeting with state govt officials to 10 is humiliating for us, says junior doctors

TMC hails SC direction asking protesting doctors in West Bengal to resume work

The Trinamool Congress hailed the Supreme Court direction asking protesting doctors in West Bengal to resume work by 5PM on Tuesday and said the primary duty of the medics is to save lives and this commitment cannot be compromised.

The top court on Monday directed the CBI to submit a fresh report by September 17 on the probe in the rape and murder case of a postgraduate medic at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud perused the report filed in a sealed cover by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the CBI.

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SC directs WB govt to provide accommodation, security equipment to CISF deployed at RG Kar hospital

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the West Bengal government to liaise with the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and ensure accommodation and availability of security gadgets needed by its personnel deployed at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata by today evening.

A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud directed the state government to nominate a senior officer from the home department and a top CISF officer to act jointly and ensure that all three companies of the central paramilitary force are provided proper accommodation.

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Mamata's dirty face exposed in Supreme Court: BJP on Kolkata rape-murder case

"The Supreme Court has made scathing remarks, unveiling the dirty face of Mamata Banerjee... The CJI asked why postmortem challan was missing from the records," BJP national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia told a press conference at the party headquarters.

He described Banerjee as a "liar" and alleged that evidence in the case was destroyed at her behest.

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Construction at RG Kar hospital not to shield anyone: Mamata

Mamata Banerjee on Monday rejected claims that the construction work near the seminar hall at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital here was intended to tamper with evidence.

She clarified that the work was for building retiring rooms and washrooms for doctors, not for obstructing the rape-murder probe of the woman medic.

Banerjee emphasised that the absence of a retiring room had forced the deceased woman medic to rest in the seminar hall.

"There was no intention other than to build a retiring room there. Because there was no such room, the woman doctor had to go to the seminar hall to rest. We decided to build the retiring room-cum-washroom so that doctors do not have to rest in the seminar hall," she said.

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Junior medics’ cease work to continue despite SC order to resume duties by 5 pm today

Agitating junior doctors in West Bengal on Monday evening said they would continue their ‘cease work’ to demand justice for the RG Kar hospital medic who was raped and murdered, despite Supreme Court directions to resume duties by 5 pm on Tuesday.

Demanding the resignation of the state’s health secretary and director of health education (DHE), the striking medics said that they would also take out a rally to 'Swasthya Bhavan' – the headquarters of the health department in Salt Lake – on Tuesday noon.

"Our demands are unfulfilled and justice is not meted out to the victim. We will continue our agitation as well as the ‘cease work’. We want the health secretary and DHE to resign. Tomorrow noon, we will hold a rally to the Swasthya Bhavan," one of the protesting doctors told PTI after their governing body.

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Victim's mother claims Mamata lied about never offering money; BJP's Suvendu backs it with video

"The Chief Minister told us that we would receive money and suggested that we create something in our daughter's memory. I responded that I would come to her office to collect the money once my daughter gets justice," the victim's mother told ANI.

Suvendu Adhikari backed the claim with videos:

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If our demands are not fulfilled, we will continue to protest against the health department: Dr Sumit Singh, one of the protesting doctors

RG Kar Medical College's ex-principal Sandip Ghosh and 3 others sent to judicial custody till Sept 23 by CBI court in financial irregularities case

R G Kar rape-murder: Junior doctors march towards Swasthya Bhawan, set 5 pm deadline for Bengal govt to fulfill demands

A week after staging a demonstration outside the Kolkata Police headquarters at Lalbazar, hundreds of junior doctors marched towards Swasthya Bhawan on Tuesday demanding justice for the rape-murder victim at R G Kar Hospital and resignation of Kolkata CP and several health officials over the incident.

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Notice issued to 51 doctors of RG Kar, asked to be present before enquiry committee

The RG Kar Medical College and Hospital has issued a notice to 51 doctors for promoting a culture of intimidation, endangering the democratic atmosphere of the institution and has been asked to appear before the enquiry committee on September 11.

They have to prove their innocence before the committee, the notice issued by the hospital authority said.

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Agitating junior doctors defy Supreme Court directive to join duty by 5 pm, continue with ‘cease work' till demands are met

Agitating junior doctors defied the Supreme Court's directive to join duties by 5 PM on Tuesday, saying they would continue with their ‘cease work’ till their demands were fulfilled and the rape and murder victim of the RG Kar Hospital was given justice.

The top court on Monday directed the protesting resident doctors to resume work by 5 PM on Tuesday and said no adverse action shall be taken against them on resumption of work. (PTI)

Protesters throw shoes at police van carrying Sandip Ghosh

Doctors' protest rally reaches Swasthya Bhavan in Kolkata, demanding justice for the deceased

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee invites agitating junior doctors for meeting at state secretariat to resolve impasse over RG Kar issue: Official

Mail from Bengal health secretary, whose resignation we seek, for a meeting is insulting: Agitating junior doctors

Our protests, 'cease work' demanding justice for deceased RG Kar hospital colleague to continue: Agitating junior doctors of Bengal

Till 7:30 pm, the CM waited but nothing came from agitating doctors. At 7:30 pm the CM left the premises of Nabanna: West Bengal Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya

Restricting number of representatives for meeting with state govt officials to 10 is humiliating for us: Agitating junior doctors

We are protesting outside Swasthya Bhavan, so what was the need of the Principal Secretary to communicate with us through e-mail, says a protesting doctor

Protesting doctors reject Mamata’s invite for talks to resolve impasse over RG Kar hospital issue

Taking exception to the “language of the email”, agitating junior doctors on Tuesday rejected West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s invitation for talks at the state secretariat to resolve the impasse over the RG Kar hospital issue.

“Your small delegation (maximum 10 persons) may visit ‘Nabanna’ now to meet government representatives,” the email sent by the state’s Health Secretary N S Nigam to the protesting medics on Tuesday evening had stated.

“The language of the communication is not only disrespectful to us doctors, it’s downright insensitive. We find no reason to reply to this mail,” Dr Debasish Halder, a leader of the protesting doctors who organised a sit-in before the state health department headquarters at ‘Swasthya Bhavan’ in Salt Lake, said.

The doctors conveyed that although “doors remain open” for talks with the state’s highest authorities, they would continue with their agitation till their demands are met. (PTI)