Kolkata rape-murder case highlights: Conspiracy to attack agitating medics, claims TMC

Kolkata rape-murder case live: Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on Friday said many governors are interfering in the functioning of the governments and doing politics, which is "not a good tradition".

West Bengal governor C V Anand Bose had on Thursday said that in view of the anger of the people over the deadlock on the RG Kar Medical College case, he will not share any public platform with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Kolkata rape-murder case live: A forum of pro-TMC intellectuals on Friday expressed concern that the continued ‘cease work’ by junior doctors for over a month is affecting the healthcare sector in West Bengal.

Holding a press conference, members of 'Desh Bachao Gano Manch' (Save the Country platform) quoted the state health department figure that claimed 27 people have so far died for alleged lack of treatment at state hospitals during the agitation of the medics.

Family members of several deceased persons were present at the press meet.

Kolkata rape-murder case live: A delegation of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Friday met with Union Cabinet Secretary T V Somanathan and apprised him of the importance of bringing a central Act to check violence on medical professionals at their workplace.

IMA national president Dr R V Asokan and national vice-president Dr Shivkumar Utture met with Somanathan at the Rashtrapathi Bhavan.

The cabinet secretary presides over the National Task Force which is tasked to formulate a protocol for ensuring the safety and security of doctors and other healthcare professionals.

Both Asokan and Utture also attended a subgroup meeting of the National Task Force at the Nirman Bhavan, according to an internal communication of the IMA.

The IMA is learnt to have put forward its recommendations for improving the working conditions of healthcare professionals.

Liaison teams are meeting various members of the National Task Force.

Kolkata rape-murder case live: Senior Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh on Friday claimed that some opposition political forces have hatched a conspiracy to attack the protesting junior doctors to defame the Mamata Banerjee government and the ruling party of West Bengal.

The medics’ sit-in outside Swasthya Bhavan, the state’s health department headquarters, entered the fourth day on Friday. They are demanding removal of top officials of the department.

In a press conference, Ghosh, a former Rajya Sabha MP, played a purported audio clip in which two persons are heard planning to "attack the junior doctors on their return from (state secretariat) Nabanna on September 12 night".

Kolkata rape-murder case live: “It is sad and unfortunate that we have lost 29 precious lives due to disruption in health services because of long drawn cease work by junior doctors. In order to extend a helping hand to the bereaved families, State Government announces a token financial relief of Rs. 2 lakh to family members of each deceased person,” CM Mamata Banerjee said.

Kolkata rape-murder case live: An artist from Mumbai has created a Ganesh idol in the ‘Ardhanari’ form – half male, half female – to highlight the need for harmony between the two genders amid rising crimes against women.

Rintu Rathod has sculpted an idol of the elephant-headed deity from chocolate, something she specialises in.

Rathod said she used 20 kg of dark chocolate and 10 kg of white chocolate to create the 25-inch-tall idol in the ‘Ardhanari’ form, installed at her Santacruz home.

“This form of Ganapati is particularly significant in Hinduism. It emphasises the idea that male and female principles are essential and complementary to each other, promoting harmony and balance in the universe,” she said.

An ‘Ardhanari’ idol of a 12-armed Ganesha is installed in an 800-year-old temple in Goregaon in Maharashtra’s Raigad district, said Rathod.

Kolkata rape-murder case live: It will be in the interest of the nation and West Bengal if Mamata Banerjee resigns as chief minister of the eastern state, senior BJP leader and Madhya Pradesh minister Kailash Vijayvargiya said on Friday.

Kolkata rape-murder case live: On Friday, BJP National spokesperson CR Kesavan criticised West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, asking her to resign amid ongoing protests over the alleged rape and murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. Kesavan dismissed Banerjee's recent statements as 'political drama' and called for her immediate resignation.

"It is time Mamata Banerjee stops her drama and adheres to Dharma. Instead of staging resignation theatrics, she should follow rightful Dharma and resign immediately. If she has any conscience left as Chief Minister of West Bengal," Kesavan said.

Kolkata rape-murder case live: Junior doctors continue their protest in front of Swasthya Bhawan, despite heavy rain, over the rape and murder of a woman doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

Kolkata rape-murder case live: CBI has moved the court to conduct narco analysis test on Sanjay Roy, prime accused in RG Kar case. Hearing going on in court.

Kolkata rape-murder case live: The CBI plans to conduct a narco analysis test on Sanjay Roy, arrested in connection with the alleged rape and murder of a doctor at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, an officer said Friday. The agency has approached Sealdah court for permission to carry out the test.

"This is to verify if Roy is telling the truth. The narco analysis will help cross-check his statements," the officer told PTI.

The hearing on the CBI’s request is expected later today. A polygraph test has already been conducted on Roy at the Presidency Correctional Home.

Kolkata rape-murder case live: Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien on Friday questioned the delay in the filing of a charge sheet by the CBI in the RG Kar hospital rape-murder case. In a post on social media platform X, O'Brien called for "swift justice" and expressed concern over the wait faced by the victim's family.

"How long will the RG Kar victim's family have to wait for justice?" the TMC leader asked. He noted that the Supreme Court is monitoring the case and criticized the CBI for not filing the charge sheet despite having the accused and evidence.

"We all want swift justice. Why is CBI delaying the trial? We need answers," O'Brien said.

Kolkata rape-murder case live: Junior doctors continued their 'cease work' and sit-in demonstration outside the West Bengal Health Department headquarters for the third consecutive day on Friday, a day after the proposed talks to resolve the RG Kar hospital impasse between agitating junior doctors and the Bengal government failed to take off.

Around 30 medics, representing 26 medical colleges participating in the stir, had visited Nabanna for the meeting that failed to materialise after the government did not accept the doctors' demand for live-streaming of the talks.

Kolkata rape-murder case live: The BJP Yuva Morcha on Thursday staged a protest outside the office of the deputy commissioner of Kolkata Police (central division), demanding her removal for alleged laxity in the R G Kar rape and murder case.

Hundreds of BJP youth activists led by party leader Tapas Roy marched towards the office of DC Central Indira Mukherjee and demanded her removal, along with the resignation of Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal.

After an attempt to resolve the medic unrest in Kolkata failed once again, agitating doctors on Thursday pointed the blame at the West Bengal government for its rigidness to not allow the live streaming of the meeting. The protestors also said they never sought chief minister Mamata Banerjee's resignation, as offered by her, over the rape and murder of a junior doctor in Kolkata last month. Read more

Kolkata rape-murder case LIVE: The CBI has collected the dental impression of Sanjay Roy, the main accused in the rape-murder of a trainee doctor at state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, reports PTI.

"There were bite marks on the body of the woman and the post-mortem report has mentioned those. Our idea is to match those with the accused's dental impression," an unidentified official told the news agency.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she was willing to resign for the sake of justice after a tense two-hour standoff between the state and protesting doctors, ratcheting up the political controversy over the grisly rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata last month. More here.

Kolkata rape-murder case LIVE: West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose has said that he will not share any public platform with chief minister Mamata Banerjee in view of people's outcry over the RG Kar hospital impasse.

The governor has also announced a social boycott of the chief minister.