The PGT physician was raped and murdered on the RG Kar Medical Faculty and Hospital on August 9, 2024. On January 18, a trial court docket in Kolkata's Sealdah convicted prime accused Sanjay Roy for the rape and homicide of the PGT physician and sentenced him to life imprisonment. The choose of the particular court docket Anirban Das had noticed that the crime was not “rarest of the uncommon”.
The ‘Abhaya Memorial Programme', will manage a torch rally will begin from Faculty Sq. and proceed to Shyambazar Extra, mentioned Aniket Mahato, one of many face of the motion and consultant of the West Bengal Junior Medical doctors' Discussion board (WBJDF).
“We are going to maintain a torch rally on the intervening night time of August 8-9 for the Abhaya Memorial Programme. After reaching Shyambazar, we are going to keep there your entire night time and voice our calls for,” Mahato mentioned.
WBJDF welcomed individuals from all walks of society to take part within the rally and urged them to affix the rally. The motion for Abhaya has witnessed individuals becoming a member of in giant numbers in West Bengal and throughout the nation, demanding justice for the PGT medical pupil.
The on-duty trainee physician was raped and murdered contained in the seminar room of RG Kar Medical Hospital on August 9 final 12 months. Roy was arrested by the Kolkata Police the following day. The Calcutta Excessive Court docket had on August 13 handed over the investigation to the CBI.The rape-murder of the 31-year-old lady physician had sparked nationwide outrage.In October final 12 months, junior medical doctors from varied medical schools, had noticed a 17-day fast-unto-death from October 5, demanding transparency within the investigation and rejig of the infrastructure of the medical schools.
