Kolkata: Kolkata Police on Thursday clarified that the crime scene of the brutal rape and homicide of a junior physician on the RG Kar Medical School within the metropolis had not been disturbed through the mob vandalism that broke out late on the evening of August 14. In a publish on ‘X’, the Kolkata Police mentioned, “The crime scene is the seminar room and it has not been touched. Do not unfold unverified information. We are going to provoke authorized motion for spreading rumours.”
A closing 12 months MBBS scholar from Kolkata, Anupam Roy had on Thursday accused the mob of intentionally vandalising the world and sought the assist of the general public for extending assist to make sure a safe surroundings for docs.
“Yesterday we had been having a peaceable protest, we had deliberate to rearrange a rally of feminine nurses, docs and college students. Once we had been on the point of begin the rally, an enormous mob got here. We requested them to proceed their rally and never attempt to intrude as there are feminine protestors. Then the mob tried to get into our protest,” the final-year MBBS scholar alleged. On Wednesday evening, a mob entered the RG Kar hospital campus and vandalised the positioning of the protest and attacked autos and public property, forcing safety officers to disperse the mob.
Roy additional alleged, “When the mob entered we ran to search for the secure locations to cover. The mob vandalised every part. They didn’t cease there. The mob simply got here to interrupt the protest in a focused and organised method”. Late on August 14, Kolkata Commissioner of Police Vineet Goyal mentioned the police couldn’t arrest anybody simply primarily based on rumours that had been being unfold.
“I am unable to simply arrest an intern primarily based on some type of hearsay, it is in opposition to my conscience… So far as I’m involved, my workforce is worried we now have achieved what is correct. Now the case is already gone… CBI shall be investigating it… Now we have been clear with everybody… We wished the scholars to kind a seven-member committee on Sunday to share every part with them however they have not provide you with the committee until at the moment. It is essentially the most unlucky thing–the motivated media marketing campaign that was being run has portrayed the Kolkata Police in a really dangerous gentle. We’re at all times with the folks of Kolkata, however sadly, this sort of incident would not have occurred if this sort of malicious marketing campaign wasn’t run by the media…Now we have not tried to avoid wasting anybody,” the Kolkata Commissioner of Police mentioned.
Earlier, Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee mentioned, “The hooliganism and vandalism at RG Kar tonight have exceeded all acceptable limits.” In a publish on X, the TMC Normal Secretary mentioned that he has urged the Kolkata Commissioner of Police to establish and arrest each particular person answerable for the violence within the subsequent 24 hours.
“As a public consultant, I simply spoke with the Kolkata CP, urging him to make sure that each particular person answerable for at the moment’s violence is recognized, held accountable, and made to face the legislation inside the subsequent 24 hours, no matter their political affiliation,” he mentioned. He additional acknowledged that the calls for of docs had been honest and justified and that is the minimal they need to count on from the federal government.
“The calls for of the protesting docs are honest and justified. That is the minimal they need to count on from the federal government. Their security and safety have to be prioritised,” Banerjee added. On August 9, a post-graduate trainee physician was discovered useless within the seminar corridor of RG Kar Medical School and Hospital in Kolkata. The sufferer’s household has alleged that she was raped and murdered. This incident has triggered a nationwide protest by docs and medical fraternities.
