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Last Updated: September 05, 2024, 09:56 IST
People take part in a candlelight protest against the alleged sexual assault and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, in Kolkata on September 4. (Image: PTI/Swapan Mahapatra)
The Calcutta High Court ordered the handover of the case to the CBI in the second week of August
Family members of a woman doctor, who was allegedly raped and murdered at Kolkata’s RG Kar hospital last month, have made startling accusations against the Kolkata Police. Joining the protesting junior doctors at the medical institution on Wednesday (September 4), the victim’s parents alleged that the Kolkata Police attempted to hush up the case through bribery and by hurriedly cremating their daughter’s body.
This has led to another political meltdown with the TMC countering the allegations by posting a video of the parents on social media in which their version is different. The BJP, meanwhile, pressed on for the resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Kolkata police commission Vineet Kumar Goyal.
What happened at the protest last night?
The woman doctor’s parents made strong allegations and said, on August 9, a senior police officer offered them money and asked them to give their signatures on a white sheet of paper. At the same time, countering the parents’ claims, Trinamool Congress IT cell head Debangshu Bhattacharya Dev posted a video on social media platform, where the parents can purportedly be heard saying money was not offered to them.
Posting the purported video of the parents, Dev said: Hear what the parents have to say.”
In the video, which could not be independently verified by News18, two persons can be heard saying: “We want justice, police did not offer us money…”
Kamalika Sengupta, Editor, Digital East of News18, is a multilingual journalist with 16 years of experience in covering the northeast, with specialisa
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