The authorities of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata announced there will be a probe against 13 faculty members on the basis of complaints from medical students and junior doctors.
R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital has been in the eye of a storm ever since a junior doctor became a victim of a ghastly rape and murder in August.
Sources aware of the development said that there were complaints against all these faculty members about fostering a ‘threat culture’ within the hospital premises.
“It is for your kind information, that the undersigned have received complaints from both students and junior doctors regarding the following faculty members (Medical) of RG Kar Medical College,” read the letter signed jointly by the current Principal Dr Manas Kumar Bandyopadhyay and Medical Superintendent and Vice-Principal Dr Saptarshi Chatterjee.
Of these 13 faculty members, three are women.
“The enquiry committee is requested to provide their expert assessment of the aforementioned doctors based on the complaints received during the enquiry process. Kindly submit your findings to the undersigned at the earliest,” the letter read. In the letter, the probe committee has also been asked to present any pertinent documents and individuals they have identified as significant to the investigation.
On Thursday afternoon only, a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court directed the West Bengal government, to file an affidavit in court on the alleged ‘threat culture’ in different medical colleges and hospitals in the state.
Meanwhile, West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Forum (WBJDF), which is spearheading the movement against the rape and murder had sent a fresh communique to Chief Secretary Manoj Pant highlighting their unfulfilled demands in the matter.
RG Kar rape-murder: CBI reveals "false records created" at Tala PS as junior doctors press Bengal govt over unmet demands
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has told a local court in Kolkata that "false records were created at the Tala Police Station, relating to the rape case".
In its remand note the agency stated that the "custodial interrogation of both the accused persons, new/additional facts have emerged to the effect that some false records pertaining to the instant case were created/altered in PS Tala."
The Kolkata court on Wednesday extended the CBI custody of former RG Kar Medical College and Hospital principal Sandip Ghosh and suspended police officer Abhijit Mondal till September 30.
The two had been arrested in connection with the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Hospital last month. Both accused were arrested on September 14 in connection with the case.
The officer-in-charge of the Tala Police Station then Abhijit Mondal is accused of tampering with evidence and delaying FIR registration. The CBI is probing in detail the ‘nexus’ between Ghosh and Mondal.
The remand note also pointed out that the Digital Video Recorder (DVR) and hard disk containing CCTV footage inside the police station and mobile phones of Ghosh and Mondal have been sent to the forensics lab in Kolkata for data extraction.
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