NEW DELHI: A Kolkata court on Saturday convicted the main accused Sanjay Roy in the RG Kar rape and murder case. He was found guilty under Section 64 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for rape, along with Sections 66 and 103(1) for causing death and committing murder.After the Additional District Judge of the Sealdah…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday praised a POCSO court in Baruipur for awarding the death penalty to Mostakin Sardar, convicted of the rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in Joynagar, South 24 Parganas. The verdict came just 62 days after the crime, a pace Banerjee described as “unprecedented” in…
JOYNAGAR (SOUTH 24 PARGANAS): A nine-year-old girl’s battered body was found in a ditch near her home at Joynagar in Bengal’s South 24 Parganas early Saturday, triggering a rampage by villagers who alleged “perfunctory” police response on a complaint since she went missing the previous day after leaving home for tuition. Her family alleged she…
NEW DELHI: A 10-year-old girl‘s body was found in a marshy land in South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, leading to violent protests by locals against the police on Saturday.The girl had been missing since Friday evening and villagers allege that she was raped and murdered, accusing the police of not acting on their initial…
NEW DELHI: A local court in Kolkata on Sunday remanded former RG Kar hospital principal Sandip Ghosh and Tala police station officer-in-charge Abhijit Mondal to CBI custody until September 17. The central agency had produced both individuals before the court in connection to the rape and murder of a doctor at the state-run hospital.“We have…
NEW DELHI: During the hearing of the suo motu case related to the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to file a fresh status report on the probe by by September 17. The apex court…
KOLKATA: Amid ongoing protests against the rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, the police have imposed Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. This measure, effective from Sunday, 18 August for seven days, restricts rallies, meetings, processions and the assembly of five…
Reclaim the night‘, the protest call, became a mass movement across India on Independence Day eve on Wednesday as it reverberated in numerous cities as doctors, other professionals and general public gathered to raise their voice against the rape and murder of the on-duty 31-year-old PGT doctor inside RG Kar Medical College and Hospital (RGKMCH)…
