Calcutta High Court Raps Police, Transfers Doctor's Rape-Murder Case to CBI

New Delhi: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday transferred rape and murder case of trainee doctor in Kolkata to the Cental Bureau of Investigation (CBI) amid nationwide demand. The moves comes after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee vowed CBI probe if the state's had failed to resolve the case by Sunday. However, amid countrywide protests and strike by doctors across major hospitals in several states, the High Court transferred the case to the central probing agency.

Calcutta High Court has also urged agitating doctors to call off ceasework, saying they have a ‘pious obligation’. The Bengal government has also requested doctors to return to work and resume emergency services.

Speaking after the Calcutta High Court ordered a CBI investigation into RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder incident.

The court directed the Kolkata Police to hand over the case diary to the central probe agency by this evening, and all other documents by 10 am on Wednesday.

Trainee doctor brutally raped, murdered  

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 ceasework, saying they have a “pious obligation”.

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

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju says "I do not know the details since I was in the meeting. If such an incident if it takes place in Kolkata or anywhere else, it is a very sad incident. Everyone wants strict action should be taken against the accused. Why is only the medical fraternity protesting against this incident, as humans everyone is hurt. It is a serious issue if something like this happens to a doctor inside the medical campus..."