The Supreme Court is scheduled to take up the hearing of a case related to the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital today, September 9.
A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra will hear the case. It comes after the initial hearing on August 22 when the Supreme Court took suo moto cognisance of the incident.
The bench is also likely to consider the recent application filed by the Union government accusing the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government of not cooperating with the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) which has been deployed for security purposes at RG Kar Hospital.
Here are the latest updates:
Mamata Urges Sircar to ‘Reconsider’ Resignation
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urged TMC MP Jawhar Sircar, who on Sunday announced his resignation as the party’s Rajya Sabha member in the wake of the RG Kar Hospital rape and murder case, to reconsider his decision.
In a letter to Banerjee on Sunday, the parliamentarian mentioned about his plan to travel to Delhi to submit his resignation to Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar. After Sircar’s decision, Banerjee dialled him and urged him to reconsider his move, claimed reports.
Sircar also wrote that he had thought Mamata Banerjee would interfere in the RG Kar Hospital case in the “old Mamata style.”
“I thought you would interfere in the ongoing movement in the old Mamata style, but I did not see it,” he said adding that ongoing agitation of doctors was against the “unchecked overbearing attitude of the favoured few and the corrupt”.
Victim’s Mother Accuses Kolkata Police Of ‘Cover-Up’ Attempts
Joining a large-scale protest demanding justice for their young daughter, the parents of the victim on Sunday accused the Kolkata Police of ‘covering up’ the crime that took place on August 9 inside RG Kar Hospital.
The father of the victim said the huge public support gave them the courage to voice their demand for justice for their young trainee doctor. “We won’t get justice easily. We have to snatch it. This will not be possible without everybody’s help and support,” he was quoted as saying by the news agency PTI.
The mother of the victim said that whenever she thinks about the pain experienced by her daughter on that night, she shudders. “She had dreams to serve the society, Now, all these protesters are all my children,” said the mother of the victim accusing the Kolkata Police of not helping them.
Bengal Guv Asks Mamata to Replace Top Cop
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Sunday directed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to hold an immediate emergency Cabinet meeting to discuss people’s demand to replace Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal.
Asserting that state authorities cannot shirk their responsibility or remain silent on such serious cases, Bose said that the state government must function in line with the Constitution and the rule of law. “The ostrich-like attitude will not pay,” he said.
‘Reclaim The Night’ Protest March in Kolkata
Thousands took to the streets of Kolkata on Sunday midnight to mark one month of the horrific incident that took place on August 9. Forming human chains, the protesters demanded justice for the victims in the third edition of the ‘Reclaim the Night’ protest march.