Supreme Court Slams WB Govt Over Action in Med College Doctor Rape-Murder Case

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday started hearing of a suo motu case in the rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. The apex court slammed the West Bengal government over the delay in filing of FIR in the rape and murder case of a medic at Calcutta’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

The Supreme Court termed this rape and murder as horrific and said this incident raises systematic issue regarding safety of doctor across India.

A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, which had taken cognisance of the incident, said if women are not able to go to work and working conditions are not safe, we are denying them equality.

The top court rapped the West Bengal government over delay in filing FIR in the rape-murder case, and asked what were hospital authorities doing.

“It appears crime was detected in early hours, medical college principal tried to pass it off as suicide,” the bench remarked.

The bench rapped the Kolkata Police and asked how a mob of thousands entered the RG Kar Medical College. The bench also asked, when the conduct of the R G Kar Hospital’s principal was under scrutiny, how was he appointed to another college immediately.

The Supreme Court said the power of the West Bengal government should not be unleashed on protestors as its time of national catharsis.

The apex court said most young doctors are putting in 36 hours of work and there was a need to evolve national protocol to ensure safe conditions at workplace.

The doctors’ strike over the rape and murder of the medic has entered second week causing immense problems for patients.

On August 13, Calcutta High Court ordered the transfer of the probe from the Kolkata Police to the CBI, which started its investigation on August 14.