• By Mayukh Debnath
  • Mon, 07 Oct 2024 07:19 PM (IST)
  • Source:JND
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RG Kar Chargesheet: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday filed its first charge sheet in the RG Kar rape-murder case, naming Sanjay Roy as the only prime accused, news agency IANS reported. According to officials cited by rival wire agency PTI, the chargesheet, filed before a special court in Kolkata, did not mention the offence of gangrape, indicating that he committed the crime alone.

In its chargesheet, the central agency has reportedly said that Roy, who was working as a civic volunteer with Kolkata Police and was arrested a day after the victim's body was discovered, allegedly committed the crime when the female trainee doctor went to sleep in the seminar room of the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital during a break. The CBI has kept the investigation open, PTI said in its report.

BENGAL DOCTORS HUNGER STRIKE: DAY 3

The fast-unto-death protest by six junior doctors over the case entered its third day on Monday. On Sunday night, one more junior doctor joined the other six who volunteered to start the hunger strike on October 4 evening. The seventh doctor to join the hunger strike is Aniket Mahato from RGKMCH. He also explained the logic behind his decision to join the fast-unto-death agitation.

"Since six of our colleagues from different medical colleges & hospitals volunteered to begin the hunger strike, some people had been questioning why no one from RG Kar was among those six. Probably, they forgot that the plight of the junior doctors because of the existing 'threat culture' is not just limited to RG Kar. That is why those raising the question tried to create confusion among people," Mahato said.

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On Sunday night, two junior doctors from RG Kar, namely Mahato and Ashfaqulla Nair, reached the hunger-strike venue and initially, it appeared that both would join the hunger-strike. But later after discussions it was decided that Mahato would be joining the fast-unto-death for the time being.

The six junior doctors who volunteered to begin the hunger strike on Saturday evening were Pulastya Acharya from NRS Medical College & Hospital, Tanaya Panja, Snighdha Hazra and Anustup Mukhopadhyay from Calcutta Medical College & Hospital, Sayantani Ghosh Hazra from KPC Medical College & Hospital and Arnab Mukhopadhyay from SSKM Medical College & Hospital.

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The protest is unique in the sense that while these seven junior doctors are in fast-unto-death agitation, their colleagues have gone back to their assignments of rendering medical services, withdrawing their cease-work agitation.

(With inputs from agencies)