Kolkata rape and murder: Mamata Banerjee announces removal of police chief, other officials
The chief minister made the statement after meeting junior doctors seeking justice for their colleague who was raped and murdered in August.
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced that Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal and other senior officials will be removed, after a meeting with the junior doctors protesting against the rape and murder of their colleague in August.
The 31-year-old trainee doctor was raped and murdered at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on August 9.
The West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front has been leading protests for over a month seeking the resignation of Goyal and senior state health department officials. The group has also demanded that the “threat culture” in West Bengal’s medical centres must end.
Banerjee also said on Monday that Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Abhishek Gupta, Director of Medical Education Debashish Halder and Director of Health Services Koustav Nayek will be removed from their posts.
Addressing the media after the meeting, the chief minister said that she had requested the junior doctors to return to work, The Indian Express reported. “They said they will discuss and decide,” the chief minister added. “We accepted four of the demands of the junior doctors.”
The current police commissioner will hand over charge to his successor at 4 pm on Tuesday, Banerjee said.
On their part, the junior doctors said that the meeting with the state government was “positive”, The Indian Express reported. However,...
