WB hospitals observe 2-minute silence on second anniversary of RG Kar doctor’s death

West Bengal observed the second anniversary of the RG Kar doctor’s rape and murder with two-minute silence at government hospitals. Doctors held memorial events and marches seeking justice, while the victim’s mother planted a sapling. The CBI continues probing the alleged conspiracy angle

Kolkata: A two-minute silence was observed on Sunday in all government hospitals across West Bengal in memory of the on-duty doctor who was raped and murdered at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital here on the second anniversary of her death.

The victim’s mother, now a BJP MLA, planted and watered a sapling at a memorial meeting for the trainee doctor. The West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front, which led extensive protests following the discovery of the post-graduate trainee’s body on August 9, 2024, held a clinic for underprivileged people at Chitpur in north Kolkata. “We are holding the clinic seeking justice for the on-duty doctor who was raped and murdered,” said one participating doctor.

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The Junior Doctors’ Front later held a memorial march from College Street to Esplanade for the post-graduate trainee, demanding that proper justice be served for her by way of arrest and trial of other people who may have been involved in the gruesome crime directly or indirectly.

A two-minute silence was observed by doctors, nurses and other officials at all government hospitals in memory of the doctor. Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Sharadwat Mukherjee and senior officials observed a two-minute silence at Swasthya Bhavan, the department’s headquarters, in Salt Lake.

At R G Kar Medical College and Hospital here in north Kolkata, paramilitary personnel guarding the facility joined the doctors, nurses, and other staff in observing the silence.

Following the gruesome rape and murder of the on-duty doctor, the Supreme Court had ordered a slew of measures to ensure safety and security of doctors and other staff, including deployment of paramilitary personnel at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital.

While one person, Sanjay Roy, was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment till the end of his life by the Sealdah sessions court, the victim’s parents and many of her colleagues have been claiming that other people were also involved in the crime.

The CBI is holding an investigation into the alleged conspiracy angle in the case on an order of the Calcutta High Court. The victim doctor’s mother was elected to the West Bengal Assembly as a BJP candidate from Panihati in North 24 Parganas district in the April elections.