One lane in Ultadanga was completely blocked due to this incident, leading to significant traffic congestion in the area.
The CPM-led Left Front and the Congress today staged protests at various points in the city, alleging that the CBI has failed to deliver justice in the case.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that the funds allotted for the state government’s Swasthya Sathi scheme have been misused during the protest movements against rape and murder of the woman postgraduate trainee doctor at R G Kar Hospital on 9 August.
The heart-wrenching incident of rape and murder of the trainee doctor at R G Kar hospital, which brought questions on women safety to the fore, is also making puja organisers of the city take the subject as one of the topmost priorities.
The CBI today questioned Nirmal Ghosh for close to seven hours, the Trinamul MLA from Panihati and chief government whip of Assembly in connection with the hasty cremation of female PGT doctor at R G Kar Hospital.
In connection with corruption at R G Kar hospital, the ED conducted a raid at the bungalow of Serampore MLA Dr Sudipto Roy today morning at Dadpur village in Hooghly.
Darjeeling MP Raju Bista today accused the state government of not cooperating with the CBI investigation into the R G Kar Hospital rape case, claiming that they have resisted every attempt to uncover the truth.
The CBI on Saturday arrested former principal of R G Kar Hospital, Sandeep Ghosh, and the officer-in-charge (OC) of Tala police station Abhijit Mandal, in connection with a case of rape and murder of trainee doctor at R G Kar.
She has also assured the agitating junior medics of no disciplinary action.
The talks were planned to solve the 34-day impasse arising out of the gruesome rape and murder of the 31-year-old woman doctor at R G Kar hospital.
