West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has given the police a one-week ultimatum to unravel the rape-murder case of a 31-year-old physician at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical Faculty. She warned that if the police fail, the CBI will take over the investigation. Regardless of praising the legislation enforcement as ‘one of the best on the earth,’ Banerjee imposed the deadline amid rising political stress from the BJP.
” I would like the police to arrest the accused as quickly as potential. If they’re unable to unravel the case by Sunday, we won’t preserve it underneath our arms and can hand it over to the CBI,” the CM stated.
#WATCH | Kolkata | On RG Kar Medical Faculty and Hospital incident, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee says, “I would like the Police to arrest the accused as early as potential. If the Police are unable to unravel this case by Sunday, then we won’t preserve this case in our arms, we’ll… pic.twitter.com/a1fBya9Mub
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Final week, the Chief Minister reiterated that she has no objection to the CBI, which operates underneath the BJP-led central authorities, taking on the case if that’s what the protesting medical professionals demand. She said, “… if agitating college students need a probe by one other company, we aren’t in opposition to it.”
She expressed her confusion over how such an incident might happen. Banerjee shared, “Once I first realized concerning the incident from the Kolkata Police Commissioner, I advised him it was tragic and that fast motion was crucial, together with the institution of a fast-track court docket… There have been nurses and safety current, but I nonetheless can’t comprehend how this incident occurred.”
Kolkata Physician Rape-Homicide Case
A second-year chest drugs pupil was discovered lifeless on Friday morning within the seminar corridor of a state-run hospital. The physique bore harm marks, with the preliminary post-mortem revealing bleeding from the eyes, mouth, non-public elements, left leg, neck, proper hand, ring finger, and lips.
The scholar had been on obligation the earlier evening. Sanjoy Roy, a civic volunteer who usually visited the hospital, has been arrested in reference to the case. The incident has triggered nationwide protests by medical doctors and political opposition.
