After vandalism at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College Hospital, doctors have called for a nationwide strike on Saturday (August 17). According to the Indian Medical Association (IMA), only emergency services will continue from 6 am on Saturday to 6 am on Sunday. A female doctor was raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College. She was on night duty. There is an uproar over the murder inside the hospital. Kolkata Police arrested an accused in this case. Meanwhile, some unruly elements reached the hospital at night and vandalized it. This led to the anger of the doctors. Doctors' organizations are on strike and demanding justice. After the Kolkata Police, the CBI started investigating this case.

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BJP's allegation- violence is happening with the support of the Mamata government

BJP leader Sudhanshu Trivedi alleged that violence is taking place in Bengal with the support of Mamata Banerjee. He also targeted Priyanka Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and said that why Priyanka, who gave the slogan 'Larki Hun Lad Sakti Hun', is silent on this issue. However, Mamata Banerjee says that BJP and the Left parties are jointly spreading violence in Bengal.

Junior doctors protest in Punjab

Protests by junior doctors and medical students continue in Amritsar, Punjab. Students of Guru Nanak Dev Hospital protested against the rape and murder of a female doctor in Kolkata and demanded security.

Police will talk to 4 trainee doctors

CBI will question 4 PG students (trainee doctors) of RG Kar Medical College.  These four trainee doctors were present with the victim that day before the incident.  CBI wants to find out the sequence of events that night.  In the initial investigation of CBI, the focus is on the statements of the people related to the incident.  Before this, CBI has recorded the statements of about 15 people.  CBI wants to know where the victim was before the incident, whom she met, and where did she go. So that the statements can be matched with the CCTV footage and the entire sequence of events can be recreated.

Doctors protest at Mumbai's Nair Hospital

BMC MARD has organized a protest at Nair Hospital in Mumbai against the rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata. Doctors are protesting by holding black bands and placards in their hands.

The victim's family refused to accept compensation

In the Kolkata doctor rape-murder case, the victim's family has refused to accept compensation. The family said that they wanted justice. If we accept compensation for the daughter's death, they will feel sad.

Former principal of RG Kar Hospital on CBI's radar

CBI will question the former principal of RG Kar Hospital Sandip Ghosh.  Sandip Ghosh was the principal of RG Kar Medical College at the time of the rape and murder of the doctor.  Sandip Ghosh is also mentioned in the investigation of Kolkata Police.  Sandip Ghosh has been accused of corruption many times in the past. CBI has so far recorded the statements of 15 people including the victim's family.  Sandip Ghosh will also be questioned based on the statements.

BJP leader's allegation- Mamata did not take the right action

BJP MP Kamaljeet Sehrawat said, “This is a very sad incident. The case has been handed over to the CBI because the state government did not cooperate. Being a woman, she (Mamata Banerjee) should have taken immediate action on this incident, which she did not.”

Suvendu Adhikari wrote a letter to the Union Home Secretary

West Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari has written a letter to Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla and CBI Director demanding the deployment of CAPF personnel in Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College so that anti-social elements cannot enter the hospital again and harm the doctors and evidence.

Protest at Azad Maidan in Mumbai

Today, almost all the major doctors' organizations in Mumbai like BMC, MARD, IMA, IMA, JDN, and ASMI will protest at Azad Maidan at 1 pm. A candle march will also be taken out at BMC's Rajawadi Hospital at 6 pm.