NEW DELHI: BJP leader Dilip Ghosh criticized the ruling TMC government over the rape and murder of a student at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital. Ghosh accused the government of trying to bribe the victim’s parents to ‘shut their mouths’ on Tuesday.He stated, ‘They want to buy everyone. They (TMC & Mamata Banerjee) want…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minster on Monday came all-out in defense of her government and dismissed allegations of offering money to the deceased trainee doctor‘s family who was raped and murdered at a state-run hospital in Kolkata. The TMC supremo, who is under fire from various quarters, also defended her decision to not sack…
Former Trinamool MP Kunal Ghosh has reached out to the RG Kar rape-murder victim’s father, pledging party corrective actions based on their feedback. The father emphasized speeding up the slow-paced CBI investigation. Bengal assembly will discuss a bill to make rapes punishable by death, likely in tribute to the victim. KOLKATA: Former Trinamool MP Kunal…
KOLKATA: CBI’s remand note to a trial court Friday seeking judicial custody of police volunteer Sanjay Roy, the lone suspect to be arrested in the RG Kar hospital rape-murder case, makes no mention of “gang rape” or the possible involvement of more than one person in the Aug 9 crime.The parents of the victim, a…
KOLKATA: RG Kar Medical College‘s ex-principal Sandip Ghosh and four colleagues of the junior doctor found raped and murdered on campus agreed Thursday to take polygraph tests, based on CBI’s request for their legal consent to use this method for verification of statements made to the agency so far.CBI wants a polygraph test on Ghosh,…
NEW DELHI: Taking exception to a nearly 14-hour delay in registering an FIR following the rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar hospital on August 9, Supreme Court on Thursday peppered West Bengal govt with questions: “Who was the principal in touch with to delay registering a complaint with police? What was…
NEW DELHI: The Kolkata police on Sunday arrested several people after fans of the fiercest rivals in Kolkata football joined hands to protest the rape-murder of a trainee doctor at a state-run hospital in Kolkata. The Durand Cup derby between Mohun Bagan and East Bengal, scheduled for Sunday, was called off after cops received “intelligence…
KOLKATA: The Bengal govt removed former Rajya Sabha MP Shantanu Sen from the post of adviser to Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Saturday, two days after he was removed as TMC spokesperson.It is believed that Sen’s stance on the rape-murder at R G Kar hospital has cost him his post in KMC. Just before the…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the opposition parties of orchestrating vandalism at RG Kar College and Hospital in Kolkata.“The people who vandalised RG Kar Hospital yesterday and created this ruckus are not connected to the student movement of RG Kar Medical College, they are outsiders, I have seen as…
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken over the investigation on Tuesday into the rape and murder of a woman doctor at a state-run medical college in Kolkata, as per officials. The agency promptly completed all necessary formalities within hours of the Calcutta High Court‘s order instructing the state police to transfer…
