The parents of the RG Kar Medical College victim spoke emotionally ahead of voting, reflecting on their long struggle for justice. They said they remain hopeful and firmly stand with the public despite their personal pain.
A day after the death of Dum Dum resident Arup Banerjee, five people, including three lift operators and two security guards, were arrested. The five today were remanded to police custody till 27 March by Sealdah court.
The health condition of the RG Kar rape and murder victim's mother, who sustained injuries in "police action" during 'Nabanna Avijan (march to state secretariat)', was stable on Sunday.
The mother of the RG Kar victim doctor was admitted to a premier private hospital along the EM Bypass after she was injured when police allegedly resorted to lathi charge during march to Nabanna.
With the Calcutta High Court on Monday directing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to submit a comprehensive report on the rape and murder of the junior doctor of the R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital, clarifying if it was a case of "rape” or “gang-rape", the victim's father expressed immense gratification over this particular observation of the court.
The hearing on the admissibility of two petitions by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the West Bengal government seeking the death penalty for Sanjay Roy, the sole convict in the RG Kar rape and murder case, concluded at a division Bench of the Calcutta High Court on Monday afternoon.
The division bench of Justice Debangshu Basak and Justice Shabbar Rashidi has kept the judgement reserved. At the time of filing the report, it was not clear whether the court’s direction in the matter would surface later in the day or some other day.
West Bengal Leader of the Opposition (LoP) said on Saturday that justice in the rape and murder of a woman junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital will not be achieved till Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is in power.
The BJP today launched a fierce attack on the Trinamul and the INDIA bloc, raising the issue of administrative non-cooperation in the case of rape of an IAS officer's wife in the Lake police station area.
Disturbingly, different accounts of what happened at the city hospital on the fateful night of 9 August have been doing the rounds. Authorities, including the hospital administration and police have issued statements which have clearly not satisfied the horrified public which includes doctors and others.
