RG Kar Hospital: One detained in PGT doctor's suspected rape and murder case as outrage spreads

According to reports, the detained person was an outsider but he used to visit the hospital quite regularly.

Police are trying to find if any other person was involved in the incident.

The body of the 31-year-old post-graduate student had injury marks and was recovered under mysterious conditions.

The victim, who hailed from Sodepur near Kolkata, and was pursuing her post-graduation in Chest Medicine. She was on duty on Thursday night.

The initial autopsy report found her body had several injury marks.

The report states that the victim was bleeding from eyes, mouth and private parts. Injury marks were visible on the face, lips, neck, nails, stomach, right-hand ring finger, left leg and left leg ankle, reported The Telegraph.

Tension in hospital

The incident has triggered a massive outage in the state-run RG Kar Medical College Hospital with fellow PGTs, interns and house staff joining a flash strike, disrupting regular operations in the medical facility.

Various medical bodies and political outfits have also criticised the incident.

Demand for justice posts on social media timelines go viral.

Victim's father allege they were initially informed their daughter committed suicide by hospital authorities.

He told The Telegraph: "I wonder why the hospital authorities had initially told us that she had committed suicide. What were they trying to hide?"

Demanding justice for her daughter, he said: "She did not deserve this. We want the truth to come out."

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reportedly spoke to the victim's parents who claimed their daughter was killed.

"They killed my daughter. She was found disrobed. There are injury marks in her body and neck. She cannot be brought back, we want justice," the victim's mother told the mediapersons breaking down in tears.

According to media reports, she had dinner with her juniors around 2 AM and then went to the seminar room.

Her body was found in the seminar room of the Emergency building by fellow students.

All India Medical Students' Association (AIMSA) President Jitendra Singh posted on X: "Horrific & Unbelievable incident: Our 2nd year chest Medicine pgt Doctor of RG Kar Medical College, kolkata,West Bengal. In the morning her body discovered in a way that raped and murder suspected."

IMA Junior Doctors’ Network demanded an impartial investigation into the incident.

"IMA Junior Doctors Network has demanded for the impartial investigation in the recent death case of second-year postgraduate doctor at R.G. Kar Medical College,Kolkata," the body wrote on X.

West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari has demanded a CBI inquiry into the incident suspecting it to be a case of rape and murder.

"This is a clear case of murder (with the probability of rape). The case should be immediately transferred to the CBI (@CBIHeadquarters). Instead the State Govt has formed a 11 member enquiry committee for this incident. Strangely some of the Committee members are Internees," he posted on X.