BJP MP Praveen Khandelwal Alleges West Bengal Police Suppressed Trainee Doctor’s Case

BJP MP Praveen Khandelwal has accused the West Bengal police of attempting to suppress the rape and murder case of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on August 9. He stated, ‘The case has been handed over to the CBI, this shows that West Bengal Police was trying to suppress it. The CM (Mamta Bannerjee) is protesting for the arrest of the accused. She (Mamata Banerjee) is the Chief Minister, Health Minister and Home Minister, the question is who is she protesting against?… I am sure the CBI will catch the accused and they will get the strictest punishment.’

Meanwhile, students and junior doctors continue to protest over the incident, even amid rain in Kolkata. The rape and murder of the female trainee doctor have caused shock waves across the country, leading to protests by doctors in many states including Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and Mumbai.

Doctors from the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College of Aligarh Muslim University in Uttar Pradesh held a candle march, demanding strict action against the culprits. Following the Indian Medical Association’s call for a nationwide strike, doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi staged a protest march, holding posters and raising slogans such as ‘We want justice.’

The case was transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from the state police following an order from the Calcutta High Court. On August 14, the protest site and the hospital campus at RG Kar were vandalized by a mob, prompting security personnel to disperse the crowd. Amid the ongoing protests, the Kolkata Police imposed Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 144 of the CrPC), around the Medical College and Hospital for seven days, effective from August 18.