Around 50 senior doctors and faculty members of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata resigned on Tuesday in solidarity with their junior colleagues, who are on a hunger strike protesting the rape and murder of a trainee doctor on the institution's premises in August this year.
A 12-hour hunger strike is being held to demand better security in hospitals and to protest the August 9 incident when a woman trainee doctor was found dead in the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.
The arrested trainee SIs have been identified as Dinesh Kumar and Priyanka Kumari--both siblings and residents of Jalore district. They were produced in court and sent to police custody till October 11.
The Supreme Court on Monday sought to place on record the report of the National Task Force in regards to safety and other issues related to professionals in the matter regarding the rape and murder of a PG trainee doctor at Kolkata-based RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
Mondal and Ghosh were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the rape and murder of the woman trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College.
West Bengal Junior Doctors Front organised a torch rally from RG Kar Hospital to Shyambazar on Sunday as part of their ongoing protests over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor and demanded justice for the victim.
The Delhi Police on Thursday, opposing the anticipatory bail plea of former trainee IAS officer Pooja Khedkar, informed the Delhi High Court that as the investigation progresses, a larger conspiracy is emerging in the matter.
Union Minister and West Bengal state BJP president Sukanta Majumdar on Wednesday announced break on protest over the rape and murder of the trainee doctor of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital during Durga Puja celebrations.
Even as the Junior doctors called off protests, the Bhartiya Janata party is continuing a torch march across West Bengal, claiming the RG Kar medical hospital rape and murder of a 33-year-old trainee to be a "systematic failure".
The father of the deceased trainee doctor from Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College on Tuesday said that her daughter would have been alive if West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had taken action against former RG Kar Medical College principal Sandeep Ghosh in 2021.
BJP National Spokesperson CR Kesavan on Tuesday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of attempting to deflect responsibility in the tragic rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata by merely transferring senior police and health officials.