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7Oct

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RG Kar hospital rape-murder: CBI rules out gangrape, says Sanjay Roy sole accused in its chargesheet | Kolkata News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed its first chargesheet in the RG Kar Hospital case, accusing Sanjay Roy of the rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor. The chargesheet, presented in a Sialdah court in West Bengal, identifies Sanjay Roy as the sole accused, ruling out the possibility of gang rape.The CBI has interrogated nearly 100 witnesses and conducted 12 polygraph tests in its investigation. Sanjay Roy, who was arrested by the Kolkata Police on August 10, a day after the incident, maintains that he is being framed. However, the CBI regards him as the primary suspect in the case.The 33-year-old suspect was initially identified from CCTV footage at the hospital and was traced after his Bluetooth earphone was found near the victim's body in the semina...

22Sep

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Junior Doctors Resume Emergency Duties After 42-Day Protest Amid Safety Concerns | Kolkata News – Times of India

42-day ceasework ends, jr Bengal docs back on duty. KOLKATA: Junior doctors resumed work in emergency wards at state-run hospitals on Saturday, after a 42-day cease-work to protest against the rape and murder of a PGT doctor at R G Kar Medical College on Aug 9. Though doctors stayed away from OPD duties to mark the continuation of their protest, patients and families were visibly relieved that they would not have to wait too long for emergency treatment, the ordeal they faced the past month.During TOI’s visit to the emergency wards of different govt hospitals on Saturday, it was found that most junior doctors were back to work, while some had gone to flood-affected districts with their Abhaya clinics. At R G Kar, the epicentre of the protests, about 60-odd junior doctors had returned to th...

11Sep

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RG Kar hospital stir: West Bengal govt invites agitating doctors for talks at 6pm today | Kolkata News – Times of India

West Bengal government invites junior doctors for talks over the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Hospital. The meeting is set for 6pm at 'Nabanna', with doctors insisting on live streaming and demanding removal of key officials. NEW DELHI: The West Bengal government on Wednesday extended an invitation to representatives of the agitating junior doctors for discussions in an effort to resolve the ongoing deadlock over the alleged rape and murder of an on-duty post-graduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Hospital in Kolkata last month.According to a report from news agency PTI, the TMC government invited 12-15 representatives for talks at the state secretariat 'Nabanna' scheduled for 6pm.The government's move came in response to an email sent by the doctors to chief minister M...

5Sep

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Money laundering at RG Kar now comes under CBI lens | Kolkata News – Times of India

KOLKATA: CBI has started probing alleged money laundering through academic funds diversion and disposal of bio-medical waste in RG Kar Hospital during arrested ex-principal Sandip Ghosh's tenure.CBI has come across allegations of the hospital's funds being drained in counselling sessions for UG and PG students. In a 20-day counselling session, the hospital allegedly spent Rs 14 lakh on hiring CCTV cameras, sound systems, tables, chairs and computer accessories.Expenses for backing up data on a pen drive was between Rs 4,000 and Rs 12,000 per day. CBI is also examining documents related to work orders for biomedical waste management companies without any treatment facility in Bengal. It has stumbled upon a complaint in which bio-medical waste was found at dump sites several kilometres from ...

1Sep

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Man in red shirt in leaked video sparks IMA-police war of words | Kolkata News – Times of India

KOLKATA: A man dressed in a red T-shirt in a leaked video of the crime scene on Aug 9 that went public on Friday and led to clarification from police sparked a fierce row with the state chapter of Indian Medical Association claiming the man in red to be a member of the infamous "North Bengal lobby" who had no business being at the crime scene and Kolkata Police insisting he is a fingerprint expert and hence was part of the investigating team.Doctors who are members of the Bengal branch of IMA said the man in the red tee who was seen close to the body of the deceased doctor in the video taken in conference room - the crime scene - on Aug 9 was that of Avik De, one of the doctors named as an influential member of the 'health syndicate' run by a powerful 'North Bengal lobby'. Doctors across t...