Seeking an eye for an eye
Junior doctors marched towards the Raj Bhavan to demand justice in the rape-murder case of a trainee doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.
| Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI
On February 7, the Calcutta High Court rejected the West Bengal government’s appeal seeking the death penalty for the man convicted for the rape and murder case of a woman at the R.G. Kar Medical Hospital in Kolkata last year. However, the Court admitted a separate appeal, also demanding the death penalty, by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which investigated the case.Faced with widespread and prolonged protests after the gruesome incident on August 9, 2024, the West Bengal government was the first to deman...