Junior doctors took out a rally in Kolkata demanding justice for the raped and murdered medic on Saturday, marking three months of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital incident that sparked outrage across the state.
A section of members of the general public sympathetic to their cause also took part in the rally.
The junior doctors under the banner of West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front also set up platforms at all medical colleges in the city, featuring photos, banners and posters about the protests over more than three months since the murder of the doctor on August 9.
The junior doctors took out the rally from College Square to Esplanade in the heart of the city.
Moreover, the manner in which the investigation is proceeding, this has irked junior doctors — medics were also on fast-unto-death protest to seek justice for Abhaya and improvement in the health mechanism of the state — who are not happy with the pace of probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the incident.
As a result, they have given a call of mass convention today.
The West Bengal Junior Doctors' Forum is also dissatisfied with the central probe agency since the charge sheet it filed before the Supreme Court in the medic’s murder case named only one person as accused, who was arrested by the police before the CBI took over the investigation on a Calcutta High Court order.
Several rallies will be taken out in Kolkata on November 9 from College Square to Esplanade along with members of civil society organisations.
Junior doctors are of the view that the role of other people involved has not been fully spelt out in the CBI charge sheet. which only named one person directly involved in the crime.
Additionally, medics believe that the CBI’s charge sheet appeared to be largely based on the initial findings of the Kolkata Police. Hence, they wonder whether the CBI had conducted a more in-depth investigation before filing the charge sheet.
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