Probe in Kolkata doctor’s death can be handed to independent agency if family wants: Mamata Banerjee
The state’s Trinamool Congress government was attempting to ‘sweep the matter under the mat’, the Bharatiya Janata Party alleged.
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said that she will transfer the investigation into the rape and murder of a doctor at a medical college in Kolkata to an independent agency if the woman’s family demanded it, The Hindu reported.
The case should be tried at a fast-track court, the chief minister added.
A 31-year-old junior doctor was found dead at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Friday morning. The doctor, a postgraduate student, was found in the seminar hall at the hospital.
The incident led to protests across medical colleges in the state.
#WATCH | Medical student found dead RG Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata | Students of RG Kar Medical College & Hospital take out a candle march in the city. pic.twitter.com/a5j6SIt1MG— ANI (@ANI) August 9, 2024
The state-government run college and hospital formed a 11-member committee on Friday to investigate the incident. The Kolkata Police also formed a special investigation team.
On Saturday, the police arrested a man identified as Sanjoy Roy in connection with the incident, The Indian Express reported. “[A] case has been started under charges of rape and murder,” The Hindu quoted Commissioner of Police Vineet Kumar Goyal as saying.
“If there are any demands from the family that the probe be handed over to an independent agency, we have no problem,” Goyal said.
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