Kolkata doctor rape case: Junior doctors on Monday continued their protest over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Hospital. The medics marched from Calcutta National Medical College to Kolkata Police Headquarters at Lalbazaar. In another part of West Bengal's capital city, medics formed a human chain blocking roads to demand justice.
The postgraduate trainee doctor was found dead in the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9.
On Monday, Delhi Medical Association State Secretary Dr Prakash Lalchadani told ANI, "Only Emergency services are being provided in all the hospitals of Delhi. The Supreme Court has taken the Suo Moto cognisance of the matter, we hope that it will deliver justice and will address our problems. We are here until we get justice...We all have just one aim, justice for the victim and central protection."
• The CBI has received the nod to conduct a polygraph test on the arrested accused, civic volunteer Sanjoy Roy. Following this decision, the Calcutta High Court deferred hearing in the case to August 29.
• The CBI is probing the Kolkata doctor rape case from four different angles – the role of Ex-Principal Sandip Ghosh, the whereabouts of the four doctors who had dinner with the victim before she was raped and murdered, psychological test of suspect Sanjay Roy, and inputs from victim's parents and friends.
• The trainee doctor went to the hospital's seminar hall to rest during her gruelling 36-hour shift. On the morning of August 9, her body was discovered.
• The autopsy report revealed 16 external injuries on the cheeks, lips, nose, neck, arms and knees, nine internal injuries, and the presence of a ‘white thick viscid fluid’ inside the trainee doctor's private parts. The report also said all injuries were inflicted before her death.
• Calcutta High Court advocates held a protest march demanding justice for the victim and punishment for the accused.
• The Federation of All India Medical Association has decided to continue its protest as a meeting between the doctors and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare officials concluded without reaching an agreement.
• The deceased doctor's parents had flagged that they had lost all faith in West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The father of the deceased doctor flagged that CM Mamata Banerjee ‘talks about providing justice’ but attempts are being made to put the ‘common people demanding justice in jail’.
• Media reports citing autopsy and forensic reports stated that there was evidence of "forceful penetration/insertion in her genitalia", which indicates sexual assault.
• Meanwhile, Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, the lawyer of the parents of the trainee doctor raped and murdered at the Kolkata hospital, claimed that the Trinamool Congress had planted goons among people who had gathered in protest against the crime.
• The Supreme Court has taken suo moto cognizance of the Kolkata doctor rape case. Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, along with Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, will hear the matter tomorrow.
