Kolkata Rape And Murder Case: File Fresh Status Report By September 17, SC Tells CBI

Kolkata Rape and Murder Case: The Supreme Court Monday directed the CBI to submit a fresh status report by September 17 on its probe in brutal rape and murder case of a 31-year-old trainee doctor on the RG Kar Medical College and Sanatorium in Kolkata.

“A status report has been filed by CBI, it appears that investigation is in progress, we direct the CBI to file fresh status report…We don’t would want to guide the CBI on its investigation,” a 3-judge apex court bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud said after perusing the CBI report filed in a sealed cover by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the CBI.

Mehta informed the the bench also comprising Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra that the probe agency has made up our minds to send forensic samples to AIIMS for in addition investigation.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court also directed a senior officer of the West Bengal government’s Home department and a senior CISF officer to ensure all three companies of the CISF, that will well in all probability be deputed for security on the RG Kar Sanatorium, are given accommodation. The bench also directed that each requisition, security gadgets needed by the CISF must be handed over to the force at the present time.

SC asks doctors to resume work

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the West Bengal government, told the apex court bench that 23 people have died as doctors are on strike protesting the rape and murder of the postgraduate medic.

“A status report has been filed. The state health department has filed a report. Twenty-three people have died as doctors are on strike,” Sibal informed the pinnacle court.

Later, the apex court directed the protesting medics to resume work by 5 pm on Tuesday, assuring them that no adverse action is also taken against them on resumption of duties. The SC’s directions came after the its become assured by the West Bengal government that no action, including punitive transfers, is also taken against the protesting doctors after they return to work.

SC rips into Kolkata Police

Earlier, on August 22, the apex court had tore into the Kolkata Police over the delay in registering the unnatural death of the girl doctor, who become raped and killed on the RG Kar Sanatorium, calling it “extremely disturbing”, and questioned the sequence of events and the timing of its procedural formalities.

The head court had also constituted a 10-member National Task Force (NTF) to formulate a protocol for ensuring the security and security of doctors and other health care professionals.

Terming the incident as “horrific”, the apex court had excoriated the state government over the delay in filing the FIR and allowing thousands of individuals to vandalise the state-run facility.

Kolkata doctor rape and murder

Last month, on the morning of August 9,  a 31-year-old trainee doctor become found raped and murdered on the RG Kar Medical College and Sanatorium in West Bengal capital Kolkata, triggering mass outrage and widespread protests across the u . s . a ..

The medic’s body become present in a bloodied state within the health facility’s seminar room, resulting in the arrest of the accused, Sanjay Roy, a civic volunteer, who become an outsider frequenting the health facility premises.

The ghastly nature of the crime sparked protests nationwide protests from medics across the u . s . a ., which brought medical services to a grinding halt for days as hundreds of doctors went on strike under different banners demanding safety of medics through a central law.

On August 13, the Calcutta High Court ordered the transfer of the probe from the Kolkata Police to the CBI, which started its investigation on August 14.

Last week, the CBI arrested the former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Sanatorium, Dr Sandip Ghosh, in reference to alleged financial misconduct on the establishment.

(With PTI inputs)