West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari claimed that the police had didn’t carry out their responsibility in relation to this case. File image
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West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday introduced a contemporary probe into the rape and murder of the doctor at Kolkata’s R.G. Kar Medical School and Hospital on August 9, 2024.
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“Ratna Debnath [mother of the victim and now BJP MLA from Panihati] had written to me, requesting a contemporary investigation. After intensive discussions with the Chief Secretary and a staff of consultants, I’m saying a contemporary investigation underneath the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952,” the Chief Minister mentioned, talking at an occasion at Panihati.
The Chief Minister directed the Commissioner of Police, Barrackpore, to research how the physique of the sufferer was cremated with out the household’s approval. Former Trinamool Congress MLA Nirmal Ghosh and different Trinamool leaders have been accused of hurriedly cremating the physique.
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The Chief Minister mentioned the Central businesses are already wanting into totally different angles of the case, together with the rape and homicide, monetary irregularities, and the assault on the hospital.
Mr. Adhikari additionally raised questions on why the Supreme Court docket of India took up the R.G. Kar case suo motu. “It’s past my understanding and the understanding of Ratna Debnath why the Supreme Court docket took up investigation within the case,” he mentioned.
Describing sexual assault as a “social evil,” the Chief Minister mentioned his administration would keep a zero-tolerance coverage towards such crimes.
In the meantime, referring to the sexual assault and homicide of a kid at Baruipur and the following police encounter of one of many accused, Mr. Adhikari mentioned, “At Baruipur. the police did what they needed to do”.
Loss of life anniversary
A two-minute silence was noticed in all authorities hospitals throughout the State in reminiscence of the physician who was sexually assaulted and killed on responsibility.
The sufferer’s mother and father planted and watered a sapling throughout a memorial assembly.
The West Bengal Junior Docs’ Entrance, which led intensive protests following the invention of her physique on August 9, 2024, held a clinic for underprivileged folks at Chitpur in north Kolkata.
Minister for Well being and Household Welfare Sharadwat Mukherjee and senior officers noticed a two-minute silence at Swasthya Bhavan, the division’s headquarters, in Salt Lake.
A former civic police volunteer, Sanjay Roy, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the rape and homicide. Nevertheless, the members of the family of the sufferer consider that a number of folks had been concerned within the crime and have been demanding a contemporary investigation.
The rape and homicide case had resulted in huge outrage in West Bengal and finally grew to become one of many causes for the downfall of the Trinamool Congress authorities.
Printed – August 09, 2026 07:23 pm IST
