Junior doctors protesting the Kolkata rape-murder reached CM House on Monday to meet Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Doctors meeting with Mamta is going on. The team of doctors said that we have two stenographers with us, who will record the conversation of the meeting.
Mamata had called the doctors for the fifth meeting this morning. He said that this is the last chance to communicate. Around 5 pm the doctors agreed to the meeting, but put some conditions.
Doctors said that both parties should keep a record of what was discussed in the meeting and also share copies. It should be signed by both the communicating parties.
Earlier, the Bengal government had called the doctors for a meeting four times, but due to demands like live telecast and videography, the conversation could not take place.
Junior doctors have been protesting for 38 consecutive days after the rape-murder of a doctor in RG Kar Medical College. The Supreme Court also said that no action would be taken against the doctors if they end their protest and return to work.
The Supreme Court said – End the strike, otherwise action will be taken
On September 9, during the hearing of the Kolkata rape-murder case, the Supreme Court ordered the junior doctors to return to work by 5 pm on September 10. The court also warned of strict action if the order is not followed. However, the doctors say they will not return to duty until their demands are met.
The mother of the trainee doctor said- CM Mamata should accept the demands of the doctors
The mother of the trainee doctor expressed hope that the talks between the chief minister and the agitating doctors would yield results. He said- It is not enough to say that whoever is found guilty will be punished. Mamata will have to fulfill the demands of the doctors.
The CBI will file a status report in the rape-murder case today
The CBI will file a second status report in the Kolkata rape-murder case in the Supreme Court today. The probe agency submitted its first report during the hearing on September 9. There were many explanations.
The report revealed that some documents related to the case are missing. On that, the court said that this case seems wrong. The court ordered the state government to produce the missing documents in the court.
3 important things about CBI's first status report…
- The state government shared only 27 minutes of CCTV video of the day of the incident with the investigating agency. The state government said that some parts of the video have been given. There were some technical glitches.
- The trainee doctor was half naked when her body was found. The government conducted an inquiry into CFSL in Bengal. While the CBI has decided to send the sample to AIIMS and outside forensic labs.
What has happened in the CBI investigation so far?
September 14: CBI arrests former principal of RG Kar Hospital Sandeep Ghosh, former principal of RG Car College and Hospital, and Abhijit Mandal, SHO of a police station, were arrested on September 14 in the Kolkata rape-murder case. According to sources, both are accused of tampering with evidence.
Abhijit Mandal is posted as Station House Officer (SHO) in Tala Police Station. Both were sent to CBI custody till September 17.
So far three people have been arrested in the RG tax case. On the second day of the incident, the Kolkata Police arrested the accused Sanjay Roy.
A case of financial fraud was registered against Ghosh on August 24. The CBI has taken this action on the orders of the Calcutta High Court. After this, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) suspended Sandeep Ghosh's membership on August 28.
September 5: Investigation reveals – Ghosh ordered renovations the day after the incident.
The CBI investigation revealed that Sandeep Ghosh had ordered the renovation of the room adjacent to the seminar hall the day after the rape-murder of the trainee doctor. The body of the doctor was found in the seminar hall on the morning of August 9.
According to sources, the CBI has received documents, which confirm that Sandeep Ghosh had written to the state Public Works Department (PWD) on August 10 to renovate the rooms and toilets adjacent to the seminar hall. This approval letter is also signed by Ghosh.
The PWD staff started renovation of the room adjacent to the seminar hall. However, the students of the college started a massive protest over the matter, due to which the renovation work was stopped there.
Investigating officials say the renovation letter shows that Ghosh was in a hurry to get the job done, so the document could help link the rape-murder case and the RG Kar College financial scam case.
A picture of the renovation work started near the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College on the evening of 13th August.
CBI probe exposes financial irregularities…
- Sandeep Ghosh introduced the interview system for appointment of medical house staff. However, there was no panel of hospital interviewers. The final marks of the interview were announced before the appointment. Ghosh is also accused of not appointing many qualified trainee doctors.
- Sandeep Ghosh was stationed at Murshidabad Medical College between 2016 and 2018. Since then he knew Biplav and Suman. Ghosh along with his security guards Biplav and Suman ran a network of corruption.
- After Ghosh became Principal of RG Kar Medical College, he called Biplab and Suman to Kolkata. He received several tenders for the hospital from both the vendors. Ghosh's guard was also contracting with vendors to sell hospital biomedical vests.
- Biplab ran many companies including Tara Traders, Baba Loknath, Tiyasha Enterprises. He used to apply for hospital tenders in the name of all these companies. So that there is competition in the market for tenders. In which only one company was getting the tender.
- The CBI has also found several flaws in the manner in which tenders were awarded to Biplab companies. The CBI said that work order letters were written to several college officials, but these letters were never handed over to them. This means that other officials were not included in the tender process.
- According to the agency, Ghosh's guard wife Nargis's company Ishaan Cafe got the canteen contract at the hospital. Sandeep Ghosh also returned the non-refundable caution money to the guard's wife's company.
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