RG Kar Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: SC directs CISF to provide security at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital to enable doctors to resume work
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Tuesday (August 20) directed the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) to provide security at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in north Kolkata where a Post Graduate Trainee (PGT) doctor was brutally raped and murdered earlier this month.
A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud gave the order while hearing a suo motu case related to the RG Kar hospital incident.
"It is essential to maintain safe conditions for doctors to pursue their duty. Thus we have been assured by SG Mehta that CISF shall be deputed in sufficient numbers to guard the facility of RG Kar Medical college ..Mr Sibal says there is no objection since the aim is to safeguard the place. Any concern regarding to their safety can be placed by an email to the registrar judicial of this court," the CJI said.
Earlier on August 14 midnight, a mob vandalised the hospital and Kolkata Police personnel deployed there allegedly fled the scene during the attack, due to which the court has asked for added security, especially since many residents have left their place of duty.
The Supreme Court came down heavily on the West Bengal government over delay in filing FIR in the horrific rape-murder case and ordered setting up of a National Task Force to look into the safety of healthcare staff in hospitals across the country.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is currently probing both rape-murder and hospital vandalism cases, having taken over from Kolkata Police based on a Calcutta High Court order.
Sanjay Roy, a civic volunteer of Kolkata Police and the only accused arrested so far in connection with the rape-murder case, is now in CBI custody and he will be facing a polygraph test soon.
The CBI is interrogating RG Kar Medical College and Hospital's ex-principal Sandip Ghosh for the fifth consecutive day in connection with the case.
The Kolkata Police said they have arrested more than 30 people so far in connection with the hospital vandalism case.
Meanwhile, the West Bengal government has established a special investigation team (SIT) to investigate alleged financial irregularities at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital when ex-principal Sandip Ghosh was in charge.
The junior doctors, particularly in West Bengal, went on a strike demanding justice for the 31-year-old, who is now referred to as Tillotama, cripping the medical system of the state.
Not just the students, people from diverse fraternities are conducting rallies in Kolkata and neighbouring districts on a regular basis with one-point demand, justice for the victim.
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