New Delhi: Amid doctors protesting on several hospitals across the country in the wake of junior doctor’s brutal rape and murder at Kolkata’s state-run RG Kar Hospital, the Principal of the medical college, Sandip Ghosh, resigned on Monday stating that the victim was ‘like my daughter, and as a parent, I resign.’
#WATCH | Rape-murder of a PG trainee woman doctor in Kolkata | Principal of RG Kar Medical College & Hospital, Prof. (Dr.) Sandip Ghosh resigns from his post.
He says, “…I am getting defamed on social media…The deceased doctor was like my daughter. As a parent, I resign…I… pic.twitter.com/YnkSqR6f1d
— ANI (@ANI) August 12, 2024
Bengal BJP leader and advocate of Calcutta High Court Kaustav Bagchi filed a petition in the Calcutta High Court, demanding a CBI probe into the rape-murder of the PG trainee woman doctor. The petitioner has also requested for installation of CCTVs in all medical colleges and rest rooms with proper security.
3 junior doctors, one house staff summoned
Meanwhile, the Kolkata Police has summoned three junior doctors and one house staff to its headquarters at Lalbazar. They were on duty on the night of the incident, the ANI reported, quoting sources. This comes at a time when the family of the victim had alleged the role of insiders in the crime.
#WATCH | Delhi | Visuals from Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital as doctors protest.
FORDA (Federation of Resident Doctors Association) calls a nationwide strike, demanding justice for the woman PG trainee doctor who was found raped & murdered at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital in… pic.twitter.com/nKWqf1mgb5
— ANI (@ANI) August 12, 2024
Amid such developments, the protests by doctors at various hospitals across the country intensified. From AIIMS Delhi to PGIMER Chandigarh, doctors staged demonstrations demanding CBI inquiry into the incident.
#WATCH | Delhi: Resident Doctors’ Association (RDA) AIIMS staged a protest in support of the woman doctor who was sexually assaulted and murdered in RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata. pic.twitter.com/6gBNq2goLF
— ANI (@ANI) August 12, 2024
Doctors of several hospitals across India had announced an indefinite strike from Monday. Doctors in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and several other cities have announced that all elective services would be halted till a probe is completed in the case. The protesters are also demanding adequate security for all medical staff, NDTV reported.
#WATCH | Chandigarh: Doctors and medical students hold nationwide strike over Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital death case.
(Visuals from PGIMER) pic.twitter.com/WaKJds9uVW
— ANI (@ANI) August 12, 2024
What happened at RG Kar Hospital?
The body of the 32-year-old woman was found in the seminar hall of the hospital on Thursday night. The initial autopsy report stated that the victim was bleeding from her eyes, mouth and private parts. There were also injuries on her left leg, neck, right hand, ring finger and lips.
City Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal visited the medical establishment on Sunday for the second time in three days and held a meeting with representatives of agitating junior doctors. He claimed the probe is “transparent” and urged people not to spread rumours. Police have arrested one person in the case, a civic volunteer who is not associated with the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, but used to frequent the place, the report added. The accused, Sanjay Roy, had returned to his place and went to sleep before washing his clothes the next morning to destroy evidence, a police officer probing the case claimed.
Sanjay Roy, the accused, a local tough who married four times
According to the neighbours of the accused, Sanjay had a troubling behaviour and created nuisance whenever he was in the locality. They alleged he was a habitual drunkard, who married at least four times with three of his wives divorced and the fourth one died of Cancer. The family members of his fourth wife had alleged that he had kicked his wife on her womb when she was three-months pregnant, leading to the death of their unborn child, the Times of India reported. Six months later, the wife died of Cancer.
