Intern female doctor raped and murdered in a Government hospital in Kolkata

Protests by political parties in Kolkata !

Kolkata – The body of the young doctor, an intern in the department of chest medicine, was found in a semi-naked state in the seminar hall of R.G. Kar Medical College on Friday morning. The autopsy report pointed to the sexual assault of the medical student before being strangled and smothered to death.

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) issued a strong statement demanding immediate action in the rape and murder of a second-year postgraduate resident doctor in Kolkata and warned of nationwide protests if the demands are not met within 48 hours. The IMA expressed deep shock over the murder of the intern doctor and condemned the prevailing conditions that allowed such a heinous crime to take place on campus. Kolkata Police has arrested one person in the case, a senior officer said on Saturday.

The man was an outsider who had free access to the different departments of the hospital, he said. Medical students, BJP, Congress and Communist Party activists protested outside the hospital demanding action over the murder. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee spoke to the parents of the deceased woman over phone. She assured that appropriate action would be taken against the culprits.

BJP IT wing Chief and Bengal BJP Co-chief Amit Malviya has accused the Mamata Banerjee Government of suppressing the matter. He said, ‘How long will Bengal continue to turn a blind eye to crimes against women ?’