Kolkata doctor rape-murder: CBI reaches Kolkata, begins investigation

A team of senior CBI officers who reached Kolkata on Wednesday morning began its investigation into the alleged rape and murder of a woman doctor at a staterun hospital in West Bengal officials saidThe CBI team which comprises medical and forensic experts will visit the RG Kar Medical College and Hospitalrsquos seminar hall where the body of the trainee doctor was found on August 9 they saidThree groups of CBI officers have been formed to investigate the matter a central agency official saidPolice bring accused Sanjoy Roy to the CBI Office in KolkataldquoOne group will visit the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and talk to the witnesses and the doctors who were on duty on that night Another team will take the arrested civic volunteer to a local court after medical tests and plea for his custody while another will coordinate with the Kolkata Police sleuths who were conducting the investigationrdquo he told PTIThe Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered the transfer of the probe from the Kolkata Police to the central agencyA source in the Central Bureau of Investigation CBI said that the agency has filed an FIR under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS in New Delhi in connection with the alleged rape and murder of the doctorAssam hosp cancels night advisory to womenThe Silchar Medical College and Hospital in Assam on Wednesday cancelled its advisory to women doctors and other staffers asking them to avoid going alone to isolated places at night SMCHrsquos Principal cum Chief Superintendent Dr Bhaskar Gupta had issued the advisory following the recent rape and murder of a trainee doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata ldquoThe advisory issued earlier stands cancelled and a new advisory will be issued soon in this regardrdquo Gupta saidStrike continues OPD services hitThe healthcare services were severely hit at almost all hospitals across West Bengal as doctors continued their ceasework on Wednesday protesting the rape and murder of a woman doctor Long queues were seen at ticket counters of outpatient departments OPDs of all government hospitals where senior doctors joined their junior counterparts to protest against the crimeFORDA ends strike FAIMA continuesThe Federation of Resident Doctorsrsquo Association FORDA has called off its strike over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata as the Union health minister accepted their demands However the medics at the central governmentrun AIIMS the Indira Gandhi Hospital and other resident doctorsrsquo associations including the Federation of All India Medical Associations FAIMA said that their stir would continue until a central law to curb attacks on medical personnel is implemented and a concrete solution foundThis 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