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Kolkata Doctor Murder:  The investigation into the RG Kar College rape and murder case took another turn after the victim's parents told CBI that they suspected the involvement of some others - including several interns and physicians - in the crime. The parents reportedly gave some names to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is investigating the crime on the orders of the Calcutta High Court.

Making progress in the case, the central probe agency has called in two doctors, who were working with the victim, and house staff of the emergency building for the questioning. This comes after the Calcutta High Court sought an interim status report from the agency.

The Indian Medical Association (IMA), the country's leading organisation for medical professionals, has declared a nationwide strike set to begin on the morning of Saturday, August 17. Anticipated to be the biggest strike in more than ten years, this action will result in the shutdown of most hospital departments.

Here are the latest updates in the RG Kar Rape-Murder Case --

1. "The parents told us that they suspect the involvement of multiple people behind the sexual assault and murder of their daughter. They have given names of a few interns and doctors who worked with her at the hospital," a CBI officer told news agency PTI.

2. The CBI has identified around 30 primary suspects and it is primarily focusing on investigating them. The special team is also set to question the Kolkata Police officers involved in the initial investigation into the case.

3. The CBI on Friday summoned the former principal Dr Sandip Ghosh along with a house staff member and two post-graduate trainees, who were on duty with the doctor the night she was raped and murdered, for questioning.

4. After the protest site at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital was vandalized on the night before the 78th Independence Day, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee blamed the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Bharatiya Janata Party for the incident.

5. Meanwhile, nationwide protests continued with people from various walks of life coming forward to raise their voices against the brutal rape and murder of the postgraduate trainee doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.