Kolkata rape-murder case: Protests for justice and safety continue across country; CBI summons 4 RG Kar College doctors

Amid fierce protests over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday summoned four doctors from RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

According to ANI sources, the CBI will question these PGTs (PG trainees) about what happened on the night of the incident. Earlier in the day, accused Sanjoy Roy was brought out of the CBI Special Crime Branch at CGO Complex in Kolkata and underwent a medical examination.

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On August 9, a postgraduate trainee doctor was raped and murdered while on duty at a Kolkata hospital. The horrific details shocked the nation, leading to strikes and protests by the medical community and citizens across the country, including outside Kolkata hospitals. Police said that on the evening of August 14, a mob of 5,000 to 7,000 people broke into RG Kar Hospital, ransacked the hospital and attacked protesting doctors.

Currently, doctors across the country have intensified their protests over the incident, demanding the safety of medical staff. An official statement issued by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Thursday said that doctors of modern medicine have announced a nationwide suspension of services from 6 am on Saturday (August 17) to 6 am on Sunday (August 18).

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St. Xavier's Autonomous College (Kolkata) will hold a silent march at 5 pm to protest against the incident.

Meanwhile, Socialist Unity Center of India (Communist) (SUCI-C) activists were detained during a 12-hour general strike in Kolkata on Friday.

Meanwhile, the Socialist Solidarity Center of India (Communist Party) staged a 12-hour general strike in Siliguri on Friday over the rape-murder case. The strike disrupted normal life in Siliguri, with most shops in the city closed.

Dr Shahriar Alam, member of SUCI (Communist Party), said, “Today's strike has had a huge impact. People have responded to our call spontaneously. In the entire Siliguri area like the medical college, people have not come out of their vehicles and have not opened their doors. Okay. Say, the impact is very good. We call this strike to protest against the heinous incident that happened at RG Kar Medical College.

“Brutal rape and murder, and two nights ago at midnight, outside thugs attacked and assaulted doctors, nurses, protesters, and even patients. They destroyed everything in the hospital, removing evidence, thereby saving the murderers and rapists. To protest , we called for a strike. The movement has spread across the country and abroad, with doctors, nurses and people expressing their solidarity.

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Junior doctors and medical students of Nair Hospital staged a protest over the incident.

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In Delhi, junior doctors and medical students at RML Hospital staged a protest against rape and murder. Doctors are also expected to gather at Nirman Bhavan later in the day for a larger protest. Dr Akash of RML Hospital said, “I appeal to all doctors and the general public to contact Nirman Bhawan in large numbers so that we can peacefully raise our issues before the government and offer condolences to our colleagues who lost their lives in Bangladesh Justice. We also want to tell our protesting friends in Bengal that they are not alone in this fight and all doctors across the country stand with them… We demand the government to enact a central protection law. The protests will continue until the government cannot guarantee that we will take concrete measures.

Bhopal

Dr Samik Shabedi of Gandhi Medical College, a protester in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, said: “We are all scared after this incident. The situation here is not bad as the hospital has been renovated. We have There is room for rest in the duty room. However, there should be guards on every floor…Earlier we sometimes felt unsafe due to aggressive people. Now we are scared of such heinous incidents. We can't stop. If something like this happens, we can't go to work… It should be solved from the grassroots level…”

Hyderabad

One of the protests was led by junior doctors and medical students from Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad. Dr Priyanka of Gandhi Hospital said: “I am from Kolkata… I have been talking to my friends back home about mobs attacking hotels to destroy evidence because they know the gravity of the situation. They know we are united across the country and they Every effort is being made to intimidate our colleagues in Bangladesh. Our friends and colleagues in Bangladesh are spending sleepless nights because they are scared and even they don’t know what is going to happen next… Our fight is not going to end anytime soon, it will. Go ahead and we'll upgrade it if needed.

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PCMS Association Working President Dr Balwinder Singh said, “…we protest and seek justice for our colleague in Bengal who was subjected to this horrific and barbaric act…We have suspended OPD services among others Services, except emergency services and medical services.

Doctors from Jalandhar and Punjab also staged protests.

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The Resident Doctors Association of Sri Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology protested against the Kolkata incident.