The agitated doctors of RG Kar Medical College along with common people organized a torchlight procession in Kolkata on Wednesday night and demanded justice for the doctor who was a victim of rape and murder on August 9. Representatives of the West Bengal Young Doctors Forum and various civil society organizations took out the rally from the West Bengal Medical Council office in Sector 3 of Salt Lake to the CBI office at CGO Complex in Sector 1 .
WBJDF has demanded that CBI expedite its investigation before the next hearing on November 4. The demonstration also had the support of a sector of high-level doctors. During this, people raised slogans like ‘We want justice’ and demanded that CBI should soon complete its investigation in the rape and murder case.
According to PTI, one of the agitated doctors said, “It has been almost three months since the incident. The CBI is still investigating the case. We want them to expedite their investigation.”
We reported that the body of a female doctor on duty was recovered from the seminar room of RG Kar hospital on August 9, after which young doctors organized a protest demanding justice for the victim and strict security measures in state-run medical establishments. . “Work stopped” in West Bengal.
The junior doctors had started a fast unto death on the night of October 5 as the West Bengal government had not given them 24 hours to meet their demands. He had called off his hunger strike on October 24, hours after his meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
