Indus Valley Times

NEW DELHI, AUG 18 : The Union Home Ministry has asked all state police forces to provide it situation reports every two hours in the wake of protests by doctors, nursing staff and others against the alleged rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.

In a communication to the state police forces, the home ministry said that the law and order situation of all states should be monitored in view of the protests.

“Henceforth, a continuous two-hourly law and order situation report in this regard may kindly be sent to the MHA control room (New Delhi) by Fax/ Email/ WhatsApp from 1600 hours today,” the communication sent on Friday said.

Medical students holds placards during a protest against the rape and killing of a trainee doctor at a government hospital in Kolkata last week, in Ahmedabad, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024.

Vicious politics overshadows brutal rape and murder in Kolkata

On August 9, a postgraduate trainee doctor was allegedly raped and murdered while on duty at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.

A civic volunteer of Kolkata Police was arrested in connection with the crime the next day.

The Calcutta High Court handed over the case to the CBI on Tuesday.

A group of people entered the premises of the hospital shortly after Wednesday midnight during protests by women against the rape-murder incident and vandalised portions of the medical facility.

Doctors and other medical staff have been protesting in different parts of the country affecting the functioning of health facilities.

Medical students holds placards during a protest against the rape and killing of a trainee doctor at a government hospital in Kolkata last week, in Ahmedabad, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024.

Kolkata medic murder-rape: 24-hr nationwide protests disrupt health services as doctors demand justice

They are pressing for a central law to check violence against healthcare personnel, declaring hospitals safe zones with mandatory security entitlements among other demands.

The CBI detained Sandip Ghosh, former principal of RG Kar Medical College, for questioning on Saturday. Ghosh, who sought immunity from arrest through a plea to the Calcutta High Court, was denied and warned of possible contempt charges. During questioning, Ghosh reportedly revealed details of an illegal medical equipment and waste disposal racket and implicated influential doctors close to the state government in a horrific rape-murder case. The names will be disclosed later, according to sources.

-PTI