Calcutta HC orders CBI probe into RG Kar college rape-murder incident

Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered a CBI investigation into the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder incident.

HC directs police to hand over all documents related to the woman doctor murder case to CBI by 10 am on Wednesday.

Earlier in the day HC asked why a murder case was not registered at the outset and an unnatural death case was initiated into the alleged rape and murder of a woman doctor.

Chief Justice T S Sivagnanam put forth the question to the West Bengal government lawyer when he claimed that an unnatural death case was registered, as there was no immediate complaint of murder.

The body of the postgraduate trainee, who was allegedly raped and murdered inside a seminar hall of the state-run RG Kar hospital, was found on Friday morning. A civic volunteer was arrested in this connection on Saturday.

The high court also urged agitating doctors in the state to call off their cease work, saying they have a “pious obligation”.

Junior doctors and interns across West Bengal continued their cease work on Tuesday, protesting against the incident and demanding adequate protection for hospital staff.