West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday, Aug 9, announced a fresh probe into the 2024 rape and murder of the doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital that shook the country.
Adhikari said the government took the decision on the request of the deceased doctor's mother, who is now a BJP MLA.
A two-minute silence was observed on Sunday in all government hospitals across Bengal in memory of the on-duty doctor who was raped and murdered.
The chief minister claimed that the police had failed to perform their duty in relation to this case under Mamata Banerjee's stint.
The West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front, which led extensive protests following the discovery of the post-graduate trainee's body on August 9, 2024, held a clinic for underprivileged people at Chitpur in north Kolkata.
"We are holding the clinic seeking justice for the on-duty doctor who was raped and murdered," said one participating doctor.
"Ratna Debnath had written to me, requesting a fresh investigation. After extensive discussions with the chief secretary and a team of experts, I am announcing a fresh investigation under the Special Commission Act, 1952," he said.
He also ordered a separate investigation into the alleged lapses in the cremation of the victim, and directed immediate action against those responsible.
Meanwhile, a two-minute silence was observed on Sunday in all government hospitals across Bengal in memory of the on-duty doctor who was raped and murdered at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital here on the second anniversary of her death.
The victim's mother, now a BJP MLA, planted and watered a sapling at a memorial meeting for the trainee doctor.
The Junior Doctors' Front later held a memorial march from College Street to Esplanade for the post-graduate trainee, demanding that proper justice be served for her by way of arrest and trial of other people who may have been involved in the gruesome crime directly or indirectly.
A two-minute silence was observed by doctors, nurses and other officials at all government hospitals in memory of the doctor.
Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Sharadwat Mukherjee and senior officials observed a two-minute silence at Swasthya Bhavan, the department's headquarters, in Salt Lake.
At R G Kar Medical College and Hospital here in north Kolkata, paramilitary personnel guarding the facility joined the doctors, nurses, and other staff in observing the silence.
Protest of 2024
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