Kolkata junior doctors have written a four page letter to President Droupadi Murmu, seeking her intervention in the alleged murder and rape of a doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9 in West Bengal city of Kolkata.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will hold a meeting to review the functioning of Health Facilities and improvement of safety, security and patient services in the state.
As one month concluded to the horrific rape and murder of the young trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar medical college and hospital, several women in Siliguri lit candles on Monday morning and took the oath to continue the protest against the crime, which took place on August 9 until justice
Several women on Sunday held a protest at Kolkata's Raja Bazar area over the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape and murder case and demanded justice for the victim.
As the RG Kar rape-murder case, which shook the whole nation, nears a moth, protests were held across various parts of West Bengal, criticising the Mamata Banerjee-led state government and demanding justice for the victim.
Artists and technicians of the Bengali film industry on Sunday held a protest march against the Kolkata rape and murder incident and demanded justice for the victim.
People from the medical fraternity, activists and local citizens on Sunday formed a human chain in Siliguri to protest against the RG Kar rape and murder case and demanded justice for the victim.
Earlier, BJP national spokesperson Amit Malviya cited a letter dated August 10 allegedly signed by former principal of RG Kar Hospital, Sandip Ghosh ordering renovation of the incident site a day after the trainee doctor was raped and murdered.
In the latest development in the Kolkata doctor rape-murder case, the family of the victim accused the Kolkata Police of bribing them and said they offered money when they were crying and sitting with the mortal remains of their daughter inside the house.
BJP workers staged protests outside the SDO Office in Siliguri on Monday, demanding justice for the victim of a rape and murder incident at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and calling for the resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dilip Ghosh on Saturday claimed that the West Bengal government was still trying to obstruct the Kolkata woman doctor rape and murder case enquiry and save the accused.