Kolkata:
Agitating junior medical doctors on Tuesday staged a protest outdoors the CBI’s Salt Lake workplace right here, accusing the company of pointless delay in investigating the RG Kar case and collusion with the Kolkata Police to guard the criminals.
As a part of their protest, the junior medical doctors symbolically locked the gate of the CBI workplace on the CGO Advanced, demanding that the company expedite the probe.
A confrontation came about when safety personnel eliminated the symbolic lock from the gate, resulting in a scuffle between the medical doctors and policemen deployed on the spot.
One of many protesting medical doctors expressed his frustration, saying, “We’re dropping hope in the way in which the CBI is dealing with the investigation. If this continues, it could be higher in the event that they shut down their workplace in Kolkata.” One other physician added, “Even after so many days, our sister ‘Abhaya’ has not acquired justice. The CBI detectives are working with Kolkata Police to guard the perpetrators. We do not need the sort of CBI.” In the meantime, representatives from the Abhaya Mancha and the Joint Platform of Medical doctors continued their protest at Dorina Crossing in central Kolkata’s Esplanade space, demanding speedy justice for the deceased physician.
Round 8 pm, they lit candles close to their make-shift stage as a part of their ‘Droher Alo Jalan’ initiative. The protesters had been additionally joined by a very good variety of folks from totally different elements of the town.
“We want to lengthen our protest demonstration until December 31. We will once more transfer the court docket in search of permission for that,” one of many agitating senior medical doctors mentioned.
The agitators additionally shaped a human chain on the Dorina Crossing.
The Calcutta Excessive Court docket on Monday upheld a December 20 order permitting medical doctors to carry demonstrations.
The state had challenged the only bench order by Justice Tirthankar Ghosh, which permitted the Joint Discussion board of Medical doctors to stage a sit-in “50 toes away from Dorina Crossing at Esplanade in central Kolkata from December 20-26.” Police had found the physique of the girl physician contained in the RG Kar hospital on August 9.
The CBI has since filed a chargesheet in opposition to the prime accused, Sanjay Roy, for the rape-murder of the on-duty physician.
Based on the chargesheet, Roy, a civic volunteer with the native police, allegedly dedicated the crime when the sufferer was resting within the hospital’s seminar room throughout a break.
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