Kolkata: The alleged sexual assault and murder of a woman postgraduate trainee doctor at state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in West Bengal’s Kolkata has sparked massive outrage with junior doctors at various hospitals holding protests.
The woman doctor was found dead inside the seminar hall of the hospital in north Kolkata on Friday. The were injury marks on her semi-nude body. The deceased, a second-year student of the chest medicine department, was on duty on Thursday night. The woman was sexually abused before she was killed, police said, citing preliminary autopsy report. One person has been arrested in connection with the case.
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- Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee condemned the murder of the doctor and said that the accused will be hanged, if needed. Calling the incident unfortunate, Banerjee said that she spoke to the family of the victim and assured them of proper action in the case.
- Junior doctors at various hospitals in West Bengal staged protest sit-ins and took out processions on Saturday demanding exemplary punishment to those involved in the alleged sexual assault and murder of the trainee doctor.
The protests were held at state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, National Medical College and Hospital and Medical College, Kolkata, Bardhaman Medical College and Hospital and Bankura Sammilani Medical College. - The SFI and DYFI, which are CPI(M)’s students’ and youth wings respectively, have decided to hold road blockades across West Bengal today and tomorrow to protest the murder of the woman postgraduate trainee doctor.
- Police arrested one person for his alleged involvement in the murder the trainee doctor. The man was an outsider who had free access to the different departments of the hospital, according to police. Police also questioned two intern doctors the entire Friday night.
