CBI takeover if cops don’t crack Kolkata rape, murder case by Sunday: CM

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday said her government will hand over the RG Kar hospital doctor murder probe to the CBI if the police are unable to solve the case by SundayHowever the j unior doctors at the hospital questioned why Banerjee set a sevenday deadline for solving the rapemurder of a postgraduate trainee asserting they would continue their strike until their demands are met Banerjee also said she wants the case to be tried in a fasttrack courtldquoI want the police to arrest the culprits as soon as possible If they are not able to crack the case by Sunday we will hand it over to the CBI I donrsquot have an issue with the central agency taking over but its success rate is lowrdquo she told reportersThe CM made a mention of a few highprofile cases that the CBI could not solve The body of the woman postgraduate trainee who was allegedly raped and murdered inside a seminar hall of the hospital was found on Friday morning A civic volunteer was arrested on Saturday in connection with the case Banerjee said the family members of the deceased doctor suspect that an insider was involved10 govt hospitals in Delhi on indefinite strikeTen government hospitals in Delhi have begun an indefinite strike halting all elective services in response to the recent rape and murder of a resident doctor in KolkataThe Maulana Azad Medical College RML Hospital Lady Hardinge Medical College VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital GTB IHBAS Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar Medical College and National Institute of TB and Respiratory Diseases Hospital are participating in the strike which began at 9 am according to a statement by the RDAAccording to the RDA during the indefinite strike all OPDs operation theatres OTs and ward duties will be shut but emergency services will continue to operate as usual ensuring that urgent patient care remains unaffectedPrincipal resigns services disruptedFacing backlash over the rape and murder of a doctor at staterun RG Kar Medical College amp Hospital principal Sandip Ghosh resigned from his post and government service days after junior doctors demanded his removal for failing to provide security to staff Across state hospital services were disrupted as junior doctors interns and postgraduate trainees continued their ceasework for the fourth consecutive day demanding a magisterial inquiry into the doctorrsquos death Ghoshrsquos decision comes a day after the West Bengal government removed the medical superintendentcumviceprincipal Sanjay Vashisth Priyanka urges TMC to ensure justiceCongress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday urged the Mamata Banerjeeled TMC government in West Bengal to take strict action and ensure justice in the case of alleged rape and murder of a woman doctor at Kolkatarsquos RG Kar Medical College and Hospital The body of a woman postgraduate trainee who was allegedly raped and murdered inside a seminar hall of the hospital was found on Friday morning A civic volunteer was arrested on Saturday In a post in Hindi on X Priyanka Gandhi saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever