Kolkata doctor rape and murder, Hearing a petition over the rape and murder of a female doctor, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the case. The court directed police to submit papers related to the case to CBI, by 10 am on Wednesday.
A division bench of Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya said that prima facie there has been no significant progress has been made in the investigation in the case and the place of occurrence of crime assumes extraordinary importance. Following the High Court order, the CBI took over the case and team of officers accompanied by forensic and medical experts will arrive in Kolkata on Wednesday (August 14, 2024) and visit the scene of the crime.
#WestBengal Shocker | Doctors hit the streets, demanding stringent action against the culprit.
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The injury marks on her body are evident. She was found semi-naked. Efforts are on to hide the truth. I do not understand why they (hospital authorities) are delaying the investigation.” A doctor of the hospital, who did not want to be named, said, “She also had dinner with her juniors at around 2 am. She then went to the seminar room since there is no separate on-call room to take some rest. In the morning, we found her body there.”