Police Summons
RG Kar: Doctors, summoned by police over social media posts, arrive for quizzing with medical fraternity
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid the doctors' indefinite protests at hospitals across the state over RG Kar rape-murder, the medical fraternity on Monday marched to city police headquarters Lal Bazar with Dr. Kunal Sarkar and Dr. Subarna Goswami, who have been summoned by Kolkata Police over their alleged social media posts spreading misinformation.
Dr. Sarkar and Dr. Goswami have been summoned by police for allegedly spreading misinformation on social media.
They have also been accused of revealing the RG Kar rape-murder victim's identity on social media.
At the starting of the march from Calcutta Medical College in Central Kolkata, Dr. Sarkar said, "It is not the time to summon a few doctors and instigate. Let them question us over our posts. We have the intelligence to answer befittingly. We are clear that we didn't have any malice."
Dr. Goswami said the protests will soar further if their voices are muzzled.
"Our protests can't be muzzled by summoning one or two. If that happens, the protests will further escalate. We will continue protests until justice for Tilottama is delivered," Dr. Goswami said.
Apart from Dr. Sarkar and Dr. Goswami, others in the march were stopped midway. Police escorted the two doctors, who were accompanied by their advocates, to Lal Bazar.
Apart from the two doctors, former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Locket Chatterjee was also summoned by the police over social media posts.
One person has been arrested for sharing the picture of the 31-year-old post-graduate medical student who was raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and for issuing threat to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
More than a week ago, the news of the rape and murder of the junior doctor was reported from RG Kar Hospital bringing the state administration under scanner over the alleged cover-up and fishy investigation by police before the case was handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation by the Calcutta High Court.
Though the Kolkata Police has arrested one civic volunteer- named Sanjoy Roy- in a quick response to the crime, doctors who are on strike as a protest suspect there were more involved in the incident.
The hospital's initial message to the victim's parents that their daughter committed suicide and the renovation work near the crime scene within hours after CBI's takeover of the case have raised doubts over the state administration's intent.
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